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Bruce
Wardley

Night raiders leave a trail of rubbish

RESPECT has gone out the window according to one local Wonthaggi resident appalled at the growing amount of rubbish dumped in the Wonthaggi cemetery. Paint cans, a table, a pushbike and even a canoe stolen from the Wonthaggi Transfer Station...

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Bruce Wardley

17 Apr 2025

News

Luck of the draw as One Nation scores top spot in the Monash ballot draw

Ballot draw for the Federal Election on Saturday May 3, 2025 in the Electoral Division of Monash Kuljeet Kaur Robinson (One Nation) Tully Fletcher (Labor) Russell Broadbent (Independent) (Sitting Member) Mary Aldred (Liberal) Deb Leonard...

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Bruce Wardley

11 Apr 2025

Community

Angry residents petition Bass Coast Council over gravel roads

By Bruce Wardley SLOW down and stop ripping up our roads is the war cry of Wonthaggi and Phillip Island residents fuming over Bass Coast Council plans to rip up sealed roads. One Wonthaggi couple reliant on a walker and walking stick say they have...

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Bruce Wardley

10 Apr 2025

News

Korumburra WWII pilot honoured at the Australian War Memorial

PILOT Officer Samuel Donald Whiteside known as Donald or Don to family and friends from Korumburra has been honoured as part of the Last Post ceremony at the Australian War Memorial. Sheltering in the portico of the Australian War Memorial 15...

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Bruce Wardley

02 Apr 2025

News

Bass Coast, please don’t rip up any more of our roads

RESIDENTS of Scenic Drive in Cowes are appalled at plans to rip up the bitumen in their street and replace it with a gravel road. Bass Coast Shire has written to Scenic Drive residents explaining the bitumen dust suppressant seal their road was...

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Bruce Wardley

01 Apr 2025

Community

Tick of approval from Bass Coast for million-dollar Graydens Reserve

GONE is the track glider, there’s no money for a new rotunda and the skate area has been cut by a third but Bass Coast Council has finally given the green light for a major upgrade to Graydens Reserve in Newhaven. Council was told last week the...

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Bruce Wardley

26 Mar 2025

Community

Back to the future for Queen Street Wonthaggi with a dirt road

PLANS to rip up road asphalt at the end of Queen Street, Wonthaggi and return it to gravel have made local residents hopping mad. “We’re only 600 metres from the CBD,” said Queen Street resident Peter Carden. With the Bass Coast Shire Offices...

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Bruce Wardley

20 Mar 2025

News

Have your say on Draft San Remo Structure Plan

PERCHED on the edge of Western Port Bay the once quiet fishing village of San Remo is about to double in size with the main growth front planned from Potters Hill to Punch Bowl Road. Bass Coast Shire has invited local residents to have their say on...

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Bruce Wardley

18 Mar 2025

News

Anderson Inlet dredging option for Inverloch erosion

SILVERLEAVES has received emergency funding for critical dune and asset protection work to be finished by Easter while Inverloch continues to wait for the completion of design works by September. State Environment Minister Steve Dimopoulos and Bass...

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Bruce Wardley

14 Mar 2025

On the land

Angus auctioned for Biggest Morning Tea

ACACIA, a well-credentialled Angus heifer from Wattlewood Angus in Lang Lang fetched a very credible $9100 at the cattle stud’s Autumn bull sale in aid of the Cancer Council’s Biggest Morning Tea. “I’m a little overwhelmed,” said Fion...

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Bruce Wardley

12 Mar 2025

News

Veteran welfare on the table with Shadow Minister for Veterans Affairs Tim Bull at Wonthaggi RSL

THE welfare of returned servicemen and women was drawn sharply into focus in Wonthaggi last week when National Party MPs Melina Bath and Tim Bull visited the Wonthaggi and Leongatha Sub-Branches of the RSL and the National Vietnam Veterans Museum at...

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Bruce Wardley

30 Jan 2025

News

A lifetime of achievement recognised in 2025 Australia Day Honours

INVERLOCH resident and former Mirboo North High School student Gaye Lorraine Hamilton has been made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division for significant service to tertiary education and to the community. A former board...

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Bruce Wardley

25 Jan 2025

News

Teenage lifesaver rescues two girls at Venus Bay

JUST one week after qualifying as a lifesaver 14-year-old Tom Walsh has rescued two girls from an unpatrolled beach at Venus Bay single-handedly. Grabbing a newly installed public rescue tube from Number Five Beach Tom fought strong currents and...

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Bruce Wardley

03 Jan 2025