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Council

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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8 hours ago

Sam’s raft of rubbish aims to interrupt our thinking about just about everything

HE’S built a raft entirely out of the rubbish he’s found on the beach and he’s sailing it all the way from Tasmania to Sydney. Maybe further. Picture Chuck Noland and ‘Wilson’ on their raft (only bigger with a better sail) trying to escape...

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22 hours ago

Newhaven Jetty was ‘top priority’ for work, they say

THE fight to save the Newhaven Jetty was taken to a new level on Wednesday this week with the petition-generated debate occurring in the Legislative Council of State Parliament. The Nationals’ Member for Eastern Victoria and sponsor of the...

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Council

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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Superbike riders demonstrate ‘the need for speed’ at San Remo

PRACTICE ahead of the World Superbikes at the Phillip Island Circuit from this Friday, February 21 to Sunday, February 23 and the start to the 2025 Superbike World Championship Season is done and dusted but the riders still had a need for speed on...

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Fisheries fiasco: ‘There will be no more Fisheries Officer positions in the State of Victoria’

NO recreational fisher wants to see the checkerboard coloured car or boat, emblazoned with Fisheries logo of the Victorian Fisheries Authority pull up in the car park or berth next to them at the boat ramp. Even if you’re doing the right thing...

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VicGrid leaves South Gippsland high-voltage towers on the table

VICGRID, the State Government authority which is coordinating the planning and development of Victoria’s transition to renewable energy has failed to rule out a second transmission crossing on the Gippsland coast. Following a community drop-in...

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18 Feb 2025

Interest rates cut by 0.25%, down to 4.1%

THE Reserve Bank of Austrlia has cut inteest rates by .25% to 4.1%. More to follow

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18 Feb 2025

One local winner emerges from Country Week Tennis

THE curtain has come down on another Tennis Victoria Country Week, at the best venue for the annual event, at Swan Hill and once again the South Gippsland area has punched about its weight with participants. Although not with winners this year. The...

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17 Feb 2025

Motorbike riders come to grief on Phillip Island Road

TWO impatient motorbike riders, who caused a traffic jam on Phillip Island Road last Saturday, February 15, made a rookie mistake that almost turned tragic. According to a spokesperson for the Bass Coast Highway Patrol, the two riders came up behind...

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17 Feb 2025

‘Deeply concerned’ about Waratah Bay corridor, says Responsible Renewables

COMMUNITY-based lobby group, Responsible Renewables, has come out strongly opposed to plans for a second cross-shore transmission line at Waratah Bay to connect with Gippsland’s offshore wind projects. The group, which is a collective of community...

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16 Feb 2025

South Gippsland targeted for high-voltage link to offshore wind

MANY people may be completely unaware, according to a spokesperson for the Sandy Point Community Group, that the Gippsland Skies consortium is considering bringing the transmission line from its proposed 2.5 GW wind farm, to be located south of...

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