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04 Sep 2025

Events

Book your tickets now for the South Coast FM music trivia night

THE much anticipated South Coast FM Music Trivia Night is back again on Saturday September 20 at the Wonthaggi Workmen’s Club in Graham St, Wonthaggi. Round up your friends and book a table of 10 or join another table and make some new friends...

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03 Sep 2025

Tarwin Lower welcomes the return of the town’s only service station

AFTER being stranded for most of the year without a local fuel supply Tarwin Lower and Venus Bay residents have applauded the imminent opening of a Caltex service station. The previous Shell service station at Tarwin Lower closed earlier this year...

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03 Sep 2025

Sand dump at Inverloch surf beach after weekend storms

ANOTHER council patch-up job is about to get underway at the Inverloch surf beach to replace sacrificial sand lost after weekend storms battered the Inverloch SLSC. Heavy equipment was put in place over the weekend waiting for conditions to improve...

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01 Sep 2025

Keeping the Bass Coast healthy safe and resilient

POP-UP events, numerous surveys, focus groups and internal and external stakeholder workshops all played their part in Bass Coast’s Healthy, Safe and Resilient Plan. A legislative requirement of all local councils the Healthy, Safe and Resilient...

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28 Aug 2025

Council

Valuable community assets tucked away in dark corners

IT MAY not be everyone’s favourite bedtime story but according to Cr Mat Morgan the draft Asset Plan released by Bass Coast Shire for public comment is actually quite a fascinating read. Reflecting on the recent decision to demolish the Kilcund...

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28 Aug 2025

Council

Draft Disability Action Plan gets tick of approval from Bass Coast Shire

AMAZING, inclusive, equitable that’s how Cr Jan Thompson described the Draft Disability Action Plan presented to Bass Coast Shire at its most recent council meeting. As Chair of the Access and Inclusion Committee Cr Thompson said she had seen the...

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27 Aug 2025

Free pop-up shop at the Wonthaggi Men’s Shed garden

Have a spring clear-out and donate your unwanted clothes, household goods, cuttings, seedlings or seeds to the Wonthaggi Men’s Shed Garden on Saturday September 6. Rain or shine everything is free,” said Garden Coordinator Jessica Harrison...

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27 Aug 2025

Celebrating the best in business

THE spotlight was firmly on the best of Bass Coast business for the 2025 Bass Coast Business Awards at the Silverwater Resort in San Remo on Friday night, which brought together 180 business owners, operators and supporters from across the region...

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27 Aug 2025

50th Orange Sky laundry pod opens in Wonthaggi

GIPPSLAND’s first Orange Sky laundry pod has been opened at the Salvation Army in McKenzie St, Wonthaggi providing laundry facilities for those in need twice a week. Marking Orange Sky’s 50th location Bass Coast Mayor Cr Rochelle Halstead...

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25 Aug 2025

Phillip Island switches on neighbourhood batteries

SIX out of seven completed neighbourhood-scale batteries to power Phillip Island have been officially switched on by the Minister for Energy and Resources Lily D’Ambrosio MP and Member for Bass Jordan Crugnale MP. The Phillip Island battery...

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22 Aug 2025

Marinus Link jobs bonanza at what cost?

Special report by Bruce Wardley EXPRESSIONS of Interest have been called for jobseekers wanting work with the Marinus Link undersea electricity interconnector from Tasmania to Waratah Bay. Hundreds of workers are expected to be recruited for the...

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22 Aug 2025

State government failures exposed in minority report on climate action

By Bruce Wardley A MINORITY report to the State Government’s Climate Resilience Inquiry has uncovered repeated failures by the State Government to deliver practical, community-led solutions to erosion on the Bass Coast. The Nationals claim the...

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