Council

22 Mar 2025

Leongatha’s Memorial Hall is yours, what do you want to do about it?

WHAT should the council do with the Memorial Hall. Maybe you like it just the way it is, and a simple refurbishment of the toilets and a bit of scheduled maintenance is all that’s needed. Maybe you represent a local community group which already...

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21 Mar 2025

Footpaths, streetlights and laneways, have your say

NOT usually one to complain John Walsh has grown impatient with Bass Coast Shire over the lack of street lighting and a footpath outside his home in Gordon Street, Wonthaggi. “It’s been seven years since I first wrote to Bass Coast Council about...

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14 Mar 2025

Stewart Road Bridge, Kernot closed to traffic

STEWART Road, Kernot is closed to all traffic at the Bass River because of structural concerns with the timber bridge as of today. According to Bass Coast Shire Council, “the ends of the bridge are unsafe for all traffic. The bridge already has...

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07 Mar 2025

State outflanks councils as Latrobe City joins the fire levy fight

THE Latrobe City Council is the latest Gippsland council to join the campaign against local government doing the State Government’s dirty work. At its council meeting on February 24, the Latrobe Council voted unanimously to support a motion which...

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06 Mar 2025

History-making petition calls for no more national parks

LAST week the Liberals and Nationals tabled the largest petition in Legislative Council history as anger brews about the State Government pushing ahead with the expansion of national parks. More than 40,000 signatures have been received for the No...

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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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