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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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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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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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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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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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