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Will it be ‘life without parole’ for Erin Patterson?

THE date has been set for the sentencing of Leongatha mushroom murderer Erin Patterson. At the conclusion of a surprisingly short plea hearing in the Supreme Court in Melbourne on Monday this week, dominated by the presentation of 28 victim impact...

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25 Aug 2025

Erin Patterson in court for her plea hearing

LEONGATHA mother of two, triple murderer Erin Patterson, has been led into court four at the Supreme Court in Melbourne for her first public appearance since being found guilty of the murders and attempted murder of four of her in-laws in Morwell...

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25 Aug 2025

Wonthaggi Power out but ‘something special ahead’, says coach Jarryd Blair

“ACROSS the year we’ve had our challenges, but we kept turning up, and in the end, we’ve missed out on playing in the finals by percentage, a couple of goals over the whole season.” That was how Wonthaggi coach Jarryd Blair summed up the...

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24 Aug 2025

Maffra and Wonthaggi venues for Gippsland finals next weekend

SEEMS strange for the Senior Football Qualifying Final in the Gippsland League, between Traralgon and Moe, to be held at Maffra next Saturday, August 30, away from the population centre in the Latrobe Valley. The choice of venues was hotly...

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24 Aug 2025

How South Gippsland Water left Inverloch and Council in a hole

THE $3 million-plus Bayview Avenue Drainage Renewal and Flood Mitigation works at Inverloch are nearing completion… or are they? In an update on the Bass Coast Shire Council’s website, the shire says its part of the job was due to be completed...

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Fears Ag scientists’ jobs next to go in State’s cost-cutting drive

THE State Government promised no frontline service cuts but, according to the Victorian Nationals, the Premier is now “targeting Victoria’s incredible team of agricultural research scientists”. That’s according to Emma Kealy MP, Deputy...

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Dog lovers or dog haters - dog ownership is a growing part of life in Bass Coast

WHAT dogs do and where they do it attracted a lot more interest around the council table at last Wednesday’s Bass Coast Shire Council meeting than most of the weighty planning documents presented on the same day. Forget the $9.94 million for the...

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Don’t hold your breath for a new aquatic centre

THE Bass Coast Shire Council is nothing if not aspirational. The release of its Long-Term Financial Plan 2025-35 last Wednesday and a perusal of its ‘Engage Bass Coast’ website proves that. There are literally dozens of projects on the shire’s...

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Rubbish! Why the cost of waste, not Cr Bauer, is out of order

RUBBISH bins overflowing in Bass Coast’s seaside towns with babies’ nappies, bags of prawn shells and other food waste, between Christmas and the Australia Day Long Weekend, are a common sight… and smell. That’s especially so around...

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20 Aug 2025

You too can sail away from life’s pressures today

Film maker and journalist Otis Filley will be joining ‘Project Interrupt’ garbage raft sailor Samuel McLennan on the next leg of his journey around into Port Phillip Bay. The Project Interrupt raft, made out of found objects around the Tasmanian...

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19 Aug 2025

Rate rises and new emergency levy hit struggle street

PEOPLE are hurting. Between the rises in energy costs, housing, low wage increases and all the rest, there’s a real squeeze on the household budget. Which is why, when shire rate notices started arriving in Bass Coast last week, and the same is...

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19 Aug 2025

Sport

Undermanned Power turns it on but is it too late?

WONTHAGGI Power have kept alive their slim hopes of making the Gippsland League finals with an upset, 16-point victory over their neighbouring rivals and ladder-leaders Leongatha in a dour struggle at Wonthaggi on Saturday. Either Warragul or...

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