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Michael
Giles

Developer calls ‘last drinks’ on Rhyll Brewery & Distillery project

IT’S ‘last drinks’ for the proposed Rhyll Brewery and Distillery, to be located at 11 Beach Road, Rhyll, even before the first barley has been malted. That’s the word from project entrepreneur Justin Jamieson who has reluctantly bowed to...

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Michael Giles

29 Mar 2025

Council

Bass Coast’s Berninneit still dogged by Passivhaus pain

BERNINNEIT, the Cowes cultural and community centre, has still not achieved Passivhaus certification. The status of the accreditation process was revealed by Bass Coast Shire Council CEO Greg Box in answer to a community question about the issue at...

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Michael Giles

22 Mar 2025

Council

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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Michael Giles

21 Mar 2025

Police

Gippsland’s shame revealed in family violence statistics

THE Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) released the Victorian crime statistics for the year ending December 31, 2024 on Thursday this week, March 20. And while the number of offences increased 15.7% to 605,640 in the last 12 months and the rate of...

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Michael Giles

20 Mar 2025

News

No thanks, Bass Coast to reject tourism ‘merger’

TOURISM in Bass Coast contributes $308.5 million in economic output and over 1600 jobs, most of that coming from Phillip Island and its world-famous major events. However, while it successfully hosts the MotoGP, World Superbikes and Phillip Island...

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Michael Giles

18 Mar 2025

News

Classic cars set up huge holiday weekend at Phillip Island

THE holiday weekend crowd at Phillip Island has been super-charged by the annual Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport with over 350 historic racing cars in period correct liveries, racing across 11 different Motorsport Australia sanctioned...

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Michael Giles

07 Mar 2025

Football

Leongatha’s football factory turns out another AFL player

THE Leongatha Football Netball Club has further enhanced its reputation as a ‘football factory’ for the AFL with another of their favourite sons, Tom Hanily, being named to make his debut for the Sydney Swans in Friday night’s opening match of...

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Michael Giles

07 Mar 2025

News

Monash candidates state their case ahead of election call

THE Federal Election is expected to called this Sunday, March 9, after the result of the Western Australian election is known, for Saturday, April 12. The only spanner in the works is the level of impact that Cyclone Alfred has on south-east...

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Michael Giles

06 Mar 2025

Community

‘Our tallest tree has fallen’ Vale Neville Goodwin OMA

THERE was a veritable who’s who of local politicians, councillors, business people, former council staff, Rotarians and local identities at the memorial service for four-time Bass Coast Mayor Neville Goodwin at the Wonthaggi Shire Hall last...

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Michael Giles

04 Mar 2025

News

King tides and big trouble headed Silverleaves’ way

UNLESS you’re a fisherman, a surfer or a keen boatie; you’re unlikely to be aware that some king tides, well over the 3.0 metre mark, are headed this way around Easter or just after. Under normal circumstances, most local residents wouldn’t...

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Michael Giles

02 Mar 2025

News

How we’re keeping our beaches cleaner

Co-ordinator of the Clean Up Australia Day event at Venus Bay Scott Cameron and his 10-year-old son Jahva get set to head out on a beach and carpark clean on Sunday. THE good news is that our beaches continued to look better than they have in the...

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Michael Giles

02 Mar 2025

News

Senator’s hypocrisy claims cut both ways, says Leonard

SENATOR, the Hon Jane Hume, Shadow Special Minister of State and Liberal Senator for Victoria has taken aim what she calls “Teal hypocrisy on integrity and transparency”. But in a cameo of what we can expect to see during this truncated election...

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Michael Giles

28 Feb 2025

News

Helicopter flies for stage 2 of Forrest Caves project

AS PART of Phillip Island Nature Parks’ long-term vision for upgrading and maintaining the ageing infrastructure at local beaches it was helicopter lifting day at Forrest Caves last Thursday, February 27. From early morning, a helicopter was...

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Michael Giles

28 Feb 2025