Council

25 Feb 2025

Local councils cry foul over fire levy

LOCAL farmers, in particular, are going to be slugged thousands of dollars more on their rates notices this year. The owners of commercial and industrial land, and to a lesser extent, homeowners, will also be harshly dealt with. But neither the Bass...

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25 Feb 2025

Council not willing to cop flack for State’s actions

SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council will formally object to council collecting an increased emergency services tax on the State Government’s behalf, councillors voting unanimously on Wednesday to take that action. Some councillors spoke out strongly on...

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25 Feb 2025

$980,000 pathway funding a win-win for Phillip Island

IT WAS a case of one door closes and another door opens, across two days last week, for the Bass Coast Shire Council with a $1 million pay day at the end of it! At the urging of Phillip Island councillor Tim O’Brien, the council removed the...

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23 Feb 2025

Record 42 questions raised at Bass Coast Council meeting

QUESTIONS about the coastal erosion crisis at Silverleaves on Phillip Island, why the council refused to allow local students to display their art at Berninneit, the cost of the mayor’s electric car and the opening up of council briefing...

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22 Feb 2025

Bass Coast takes the plunge with Aligned Leisure

THE Bass Coast Shire Council announced on Friday that it had appointed Aligned Leisure to manage the Phillip Island Leisure Centre and Bass Coast Aquatic Centre in Wonthaggi from July 1, 2025, following a competitive tender process. It ends more...

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22 Feb 2025

Endangered plants and people power block Grantville sand miners’ application

THE homeowners of the bushy Adams residential estate, south of Grantville, have won the first round. But long-time residents like Janet Grimes are still up for the fight. At last Wednesday’s council meeting, a majority of Bass Coast Shire...

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21 Feb 2025

Bass Coast Council pays tribute to one of their own: Vale Neville Goodwin OAM

FORMER Mayor of the Bass Coast Council and larger-than-life local character, Neville Goodwin OAM, has passed away at home with his family on Tuesday, February 18, aged 82. A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held at the Wonthaggi Town...

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19 Feb 2025

UPDATED: Community objectors block Grantville vegetation removal for now

RESIDENTS of the Adams Estate along Stanley Road and McGrady Road, Grantville, and Glen Forbes have followed up their 54 objections to the removal of vegetation on their roads by filling the public gallery at today’s Bass Coast Shire Council...

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19 Feb 2025

How Bass Coast’s dogs missed the boat

THE Phillip Island Bass Coast Dog Owners Association, established in 2020 to provide a voice for dog owners, has expressed its concern that the shire council has missed the boat for ‘New and Upgraded Dog Parks’ fundings. As part of its ‘Open...

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10 Feb 2025

Temperature drops 10 degrees at Rhyll

THE sea breeze is in at Rhyll on Phillip Island with the temperature dropping more than 10 degrees in an hour. From a sticky 36.3 degrees at 2.30pm Sunday it has dropped to 24.9 by 3.13pm as the wind swung from NNW and NNE at about 10km/h, gusting...

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02 Feb 2025

Korumburra improvements continue to take shape

WORKS to replace the toilet block and shelter at the Wayside Stop in the Korumburra Railway Precinct are nearing completion. It’s all part of a busy construction in the centre of the town with footpaths and parking bays among the assets getting...

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31 Jan 2025

Jordan’s letter puts erosion facts firmly on the table

BASS MP Jordan Crugnale has gone all ‘old school’ in trying to get most of the available information out to Inverloch homeowners and residents about the town’s beach erosion crisis. Over the Australia Day long weekend, Ms Crugnale had an...

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