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DEECA fuels Inverloch ‘retreat’ fears with latest erosion update

CONTRACTORS for the Bass Coast Shire Council, to its credit, have been working day and night to replace sand eroded from both sides of the geotextile bag wall defending the Inverloch Surf Lifesaving Club from the ravages of the latest high tides and...

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On and on and on it goes… mushroom trial to go into 10th week

THE judge in the marathon mushroom murder trial in the Supreme Court in Morwell has told the jury in the case that they won’t commence their deliberations until after lunch on Monday next week, June 30, 2025. Justice Beale announced to the jury on...

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​​​​​​​‘Farmers Picnic’ this Sunday at Ventnor: See you there!

FARMING this year has been anything but ‘a picnic’ especially with the extended dry conditions not breaking until it was too late for autumn growth. The result has been that many started feeding out early, and they haven’t stopped, in most...

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Last days of mushroom murder trial start this week

FIFTY-year-old Leongatha mother two, Erin Patterson, charged with the murders of three of her in-laws and the attempted murder of another, will be back in court today, Tuesday, June 24. It’s only been four days since the Supreme Court last sat at...

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Wood’s words of wisdom echo loud and clear against ESVF ‘tax’

OPPOSITION to the Victorian Government’s most unpopular-ever tax, the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund (ESVF), isn’t going away. A well-attended farmers’ rally at Apex Park on Friday, June 13 kept the issue on the boil locally. And at...

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He said, she said… mushroom murder trial wraps up in Morwell

IT’S effectively the last day of the so-called mushroom murder trial in the Victorian town of Morwell that has so captured the attention of people worldwide. After a marathon eight weeks of hearings, all of the evidence is in and this week the...

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