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Green light for Esso ORC at Barry Beach

ESSO has received regulatory approval for Stage 1 of its Onshore Reception Centre (ORC) at the Barry Beach Marine Terminal and is now undertaking planning and technical studies for future stages. Detailed planning activities will be undertaken by...

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13 Oct 2025

Winning the war against blackberries at Poowong

NOXIOUS weeds can be a prickly problem anywhere in South Gippsland, and the perennial blackberry pest Rubus fruticosus is one of the toughest to eradicate. Dr Robin Adair from the Victorian Blackberry Taskforce told a recent workshop organised by...

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12 Oct 2025

On the land

America continues its love affair with Australian hamburger beef

WITH a lift in cattle prices for the first month of spring and above average rainfall forecast across the region until December local beef producers should be cock-a-hoop. Not so according to food and agribusiness research analysts Rabobank who...

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11 Oct 2025

State Coal Mine upgrade works about to start

“The contracts for the main heading shaft have been awarded and design work on the drift cart is proceeding,” said Mr Miezis

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11 Oct 2025

Millions lost on delayed coastal erosion works at Inverloch

TENS of millions of dollars have been wasted through delays to coastal erosion works at Inverloch according to recently released Freedom of Information (FOI) documents. Nationals’ Member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath MP said critical works on...

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09 Oct 2025

Learn how to save energy and money at Myli Wonthaggi

IF YOU think you’re paying too much for electricity why not drop into Myli Wonthaggi on Wednesday October 15 at 2pm for some helpful hints on saving energy. John Godfrey from the Bass Coast Climate Action Network will have some low cost energy...

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09 Oct 2025

Petition to reinstate Lord’s Prayer at Bass Coast council meetings

IF A prayer and acknowledgement of country are now accepted across state and federal governments why not local government according to a group of Wonthaggi residents. A petition to Bass Coast Shire Council to reinstate the Lord’s Prayer has...

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06 Oct 2025

Offshore wind energy powering local job opportunities

SOUTH GIPPSLAND has emerged as Australia’s biggest offshore wind energy zone. With a total of eleven active feasibility studies underway the Gippsland offshore wind industry could at its peak employ up to 17,000 local workers. The NSW Hunter...

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Local Business and Tourism

06 Oct 2025

Wonthaggi icon celebrates 115 years of style and service

THE whistles blew; the trains steamed into town and life revolved around tent city. Wonthaggi was finding its feet and was the new kid in Victoria. Passed down through four generations, Melbourne Furnishing Company in Wonthaggi opened that same...

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03 Oct 2025

Get ready for the fire season with CFA open days

FIRE brigades around South Gippsland and the Bass Coast are helping local residents prepare for the coming fire season with Get Fire Ready events around the region. As Gippsland heads into what is expected to be a challenging fire season the CF...

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02 Oct 2025

Wonthaggi’s biggest scare at the State Coal Mine

HALLOWEEN may never be the same again after a visit to the Halloween display at the State Coal Mine in Wonthaggi. On the weekends of October18 and19 and October 25 and 26 from 10am to 1pm expect to see the unexpected as the grim reaper, vampire and...

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01 Oct 2025

Council

BURT puts Phillip Island’s unique rural character at risk

CONCERN has been raised that Bass Coast Shire’s Unlocking Rural Tourism Strategy (BURT) has become problematic with the introduction of the State Government’s Distinctive Area and Landscape policy. “This policy does not value add to our...

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