Council

06 Nov 2025

One Gippsland pushes regional priorities in Canberra

ONE Gippsland Chair Cr Nathan Hersey and South Gippsland Shire Council CEO Allison Jones travelled to Canberra last week for a jam-packed day of meetings as representatives of One Gippsland, continuing the group’s advocacy for the region on key...

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06 Nov 2025

Korumburra Hub: You flushed it they fixed it

SO, what’s going on at the Korumburra Community Hub. Not even two years old, writes a local Sentinel-Times’ reader, and they’ve already got major problems with the underfloor plumbing. Turns out it’s the users of the facility, and not the...

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30 Oct 2025

Council’s bark worse than its bite, they say

BASS Coast Shire Councillors were talking tough when they ushered in a new era in domestic animal control at their council meeting last Wednesday, October 15. And their enforcement-heavy approach wasn’t lost on a group of Phillip Island Bass Coast...

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22 Oct 2025

Your feedback needed on staged Bass Coast pool strategy

IN SWIMMING parlance, the Bass Coast Shire Council has changed stroke mid-race in the quest to get two aquatic centres built in the shire, one where the old pool is passed its ‘use by’ date in Wonthaggi and the other where great expectations...

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20 Oct 2025

Petition to Bass Coast Council to lower local speed limit

ONE TRAGIC fatality and another accident waiting to happen according to local residents of Chisholm Road Wonthaggi who want the current 100km/h speed limit on Chisholm Road to be halved. “None of the locals travel at 100km/h on Chisholm Road...

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Bruce Wardley

20 Oct 2025

Have your say on domestic animal management in South Gippsland

ANIMAL lovers and others are set to have a further say on the latest Domestic Animal Management Plan (DAMP) for South Gippsland Shire, its aim being to strike a balance between pet welfare and protection of the community and environment from...

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19 Oct 2025

First crepe myrtles planted on Graham Street

THE Wonthaggi streetscape transformation is well underway with the first of 24 modular planter boxes installed along McBride Avenue, and the first handful of crepe myrtle trees planted on Graham Street. According to Bass Coast Shire Council, ‘these...

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16 Oct 2025

Big crowd turns out for debate on Phillip Island’s doomed pool project

A big crowd turned out at the Bass Coast Shire Council meeting on Wednesday, October 15 at which a veritable “library of planning and reporting documents” was presented to council for adoption. However, while Mayor Cr Rochelle Halstead lauded...

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15 Oct 2025

Public question time at Bass Coast council meeting wide ranging

QUESTION time at the October meeting of Bass Coast Shire Council held at the Council Chambers in Wonthaggi covered a wide range of topics ranging from the carnival land in Cowes to the cost of red display lights that light up part of the front wall...

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Bruce Wardley

15 Oct 2025

The Lord’s Prayer a bridge too far for Bass Coast Council

ADDRESSING the monthly meeting of Bass Coast Council, Wonthaggi resident Karen Thorp broke with recent tradition and recited The Lord’s Prayer in council chambers. On behalf of the 194 people who signed a petition seeking reinstatement of The...

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14 Oct 2025

Rochelle Halstead honoured with MAV service award

BASS Coast Shire Council are today celebrating Mayor Cr Rochelle Halstead, who was last week recognised with a 10-Year Service Award from the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV). The honour acknowledges her decade of dedicated service to local...

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14 Oct 2025

Speak up, stand up for what you believe, vale Jon Trigt

THIS is the first time we have published this photo of the late Jon Trigt of Surf Beach on Phillip Island being escorted out of the September 2023 Bass Coast Shire Council meeting by police. We didn’t print the photo at the time because the...

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