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Rose Lodge Fete brings community connection and important funds

THIS year’s Rose Lodge Fete funds will be directed towards providing more shelter for residents in the courtyard, Saturday’s event a huge success with an excellent turnout. CEO Shane Jenkins was delighted people were there waiting for the fete...

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Sentinel-Times Comment

Who you put last could make the difference

SPEAKING at a country newspaper conference in Adelaide last month, the former Member for Blair in Queensland, Cameron Thompson, highlighted a unique aspect of the Australian electoral system that we as voters would do well to remember. Although many...

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Empathy needed, not condemnation

WE NEED empathy not condemnation for homeless people. The realisation that one is homeless creates despair. Twelve people in Bass Coast, many over 80 years old, have received an eviction notice. The women and children sleeping in car parks have...

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Concerns over response

Re: Julie Spithills Letter “Check her out for yourself”, March 18. I REQUESTED policy information from Deb Leonard two week’s ago in regard to males/transgender in female sports and change rooms . I did mention it to one of the volunteers and...

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Your true independent for election 2025

SAVE the date – Monash is heading to the polls on May 3. While the nation may be watching the seat of Monash, I’ll be focused on local issues in my electorate. Monash needs a representative with experience, tenacity and strength to represent...

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Not the same as the rest

COME May the electors of Monash will be tasked with choosing the candidate they want to serve them for the next three years. As I write this letter, I can already hear some people claiming that candidates are all the same. Deb Leonard is a candidate...

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Where’s our funding for Monash?

TUESDAY’S budget saw $250m for the upgrade of Mona Vale Road in Sydney’s federal electorate of Mackeller, a project on which independent MP Sophie Scamps has been advocating for since elected three years ago. This is not a promise contingent on...

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Great start to duck season

CONGRATULATIONS to all the law-abiding recreational hunters on the start to the 2025 duck season. It was wonderful to see large numbers of recreational vehicles and boats pulled in at local businesses to fuel up and stock up over the weekend before...

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Standing with the Pope on war crimes

I RECENTLY attended the fifty-year reunion of my high school year. I met several classmates who had served in the Army. I was the beneficiary of a thorough Catholic secondary education. As a result, I brought a Catholic informed ethical perspective...

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Are local councils poisoning us all?

FOSTER Farmers Market is a lovely community market nestled in a picturesque public park in the grounds of the Foster Memorial Hall near Wilsons Promontory. This monthly market attracts many local families and visitors from across Gippsland, metro...

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Korumburra’s new commercial bypass

LAST week’s edition of the Sentinel-Times ran an article regarding the deluge of critical comments on the ongoing streetscape works (I can’t bring myself to call them upgrades) on Commercial Street, Korumburra. That article prompted me to drive...

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No help from local MP

WHY is it that within our Bass Coast community there is not a single ‘civic leader’ who is willing to seek out the truth behind the stolen Mayoral items? Could it be the rarefied company of being a publicly elected representative of the...

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