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Michael
Giles

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

10 hours ago

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

Community

$250,000 for Wonthaggi Power ground upgrade

GREAT news, just prior to the start of the football-netball season for the Wonthaggi Power Football Netball Club. The club’s oval at Wonthaggi has received a $250,000 grant for various works to be undertaken as part of $1.4 million round of...

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Michael Giles

27 Feb 2025

News

Disaster averted: Morning coffee fix is back on!

HUNDREDS of people arrived at their local café for their morning coffee fix today, Thursday, February 27, only to find the “cash only” sign posted in many shop windows. According to reports on social media, those cafés using the Square eftpos...

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Michael Giles

27 Feb 2025

News

Prime Minister rules out calling an election today

YOU heard it first here! The Federal election will be held on Saturday, April 5, little more than four weeks from now. How do we know for sure? One of the candidates told the Sentinel-Times today (Wednesday, February 26) that they attempted to make...

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Michael Giles

26 Feb 2025

Community

Postergate: How Council is killing community involvement at Berninneit

THERE’S a deepening controversy over the Bass Coast Shire Council’s unwillingness to display handmade posters or pull-up promotional signs, created by Grade 5 students at Newhaven Primary School, in the Berninneit cultural centre at Cowes to...

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Michael Giles

25 Feb 2025

Sport

Koony-Leongatha RSL claim women’s cricket premiership

KOONWARRA Leongatha RSL have narrowly defended their 20-over total of 131 to take out the first premiership of the 2024-25 Leongatha and District Cricket Association season. Batting first at the McMahon Reserve in Wonthaggi on Sunday, the Koony-RSL...

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Michael Giles

23 Feb 2025

Council

$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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Michael Giles

23 Feb 2025

Council

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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Michael Giles

22 Feb 2025