Local Council

Recycling Processing Services

Jul 01 2025 Updated June 27, 2025

Anna Carson

1 min read

It’s not a house, it’s a home, says Aileen Hughes

IF THE outcome of a bureaucratic process, in the middle of a serious housing crisis, is to issue a local pensioner with an order to “cease occupation”, then there’s something seriously wrong with the process. But that’s the situation that...

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Michael Giles

24 Jun 2025

News

Hold the line, no retreat

NO SURF lifesaving club, no road and dozens of homes lost, that’s the dire assessment given by Inverloch Foreshore Action Group (IFAG) if the state government sticks to its proposed ‘planned retreat’ solution. In response to the Department of...

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Sentinel-Times

29 Jun 2025

News

Bendigo Bank to close branches at Yarram and Korumburra

AFTER reversing a decision to close its Bendigo Bank branch in Korumburra in June 2021, following a concerted local campaign, the bank has again announced this week that the branch will close. Bendigo Bank is also closing its branch at Yarram. The...

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Michael Giles

26 Jun 2025

Council

Loss of vegetation no barrier to multi-storey unit development on Phillip Island

A THREE double-storey development and three-lot subdivision in a general residential zone in Cowes has been approved by Bass Coast Council despite strong objections from local residents over loss of vegetation. Twenty objections were received...

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Bruce Wardley

24 Jun 2025

Nathan and Trev prepare for the 2025 Mystery Box rally in Broken Hill

LOCAL Volkswagen Beetle enthusiasts Nathan Leversha and Trevor Heawood are preparing to compete in the gruelling five-day Mystery Box rally starting from Broken Hill. Raising funds for cancer research the 2025 Mystery Box rally will start on August...

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Bruce Wardley

6 hours ago

People and Lifestyle

Celebrating NAIDOC Week at Berninneit Art Gallery with Steven Ulula Parker

A COMPELLING exhibition of contemporary and traditional work from Millowl artist Steven Ulula Parker is a feature of NAIDOC Week at the Berninneit Art Gallery. ‘Warreeny Ngulu’ or ‘Ocean Voice’ showcases Parker’s latest works including...

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Bruce Wardley

30 Jun 2025

People and Lifestyle

Ngangga NAIDOC Celebration on Milawul

BASS Coast Reconciliation Network is excited to announce the very first Ngangga on Milawul (Phillip Island) – a free event celebrating NAIDOC Week on Sunday, July 6. The event, run in partnership with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...

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Sentinel-Times

27 Jun 2025

People and Lifestyle

Wrong price tag on ‘Carnival Land’ rezoning, they say

IT IS recommended in the Phillip Island Recreation Reserve Master Plan that the 33-hectare site in Cowes, owned by the Bass Coast Shire Council for the development of sporting facilities on the Island, be rezoned to ‘Public Park and Recreation...

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Michael Giles

25 Jun 2025