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Jordan Crugnale ‘once again absent’ at second rally opposing new levy, they say

FARMERS, business owners and residents rallied once again against the emergency services levy in Wonthaggi this morning. While local MP’s and Councillors spoke out alongside farmers and residents, noticeably missing in action was local Bass MP Ms...

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Courtney O'Brien

13 Jun 2025

What a mess, as road reserve left in a shocking state after squatters leave

SQUATTERS camping on a roadside reserve opposite The Caves carpark at Inverloch have trashed the site according to nearby residents and farmers. Glenn Morris described the abandoned campsite as an absolute mess. “It’s a shambles and an absolute...

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13 Jun 2025

Search underway for offenders after break in at McBride restaurant

POLICE are investigating after five offenders broke into a restaurant on McBride Avenue this morning. It’s believed the offenders jimmied open a rear entrance off a back alley and stole a cash register in the early hours of Thursday around 5am. If...

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Case all wrapped up in triple ‘mushroom’ murder trial

AFTER five days of cross-examination and a gruelling eight days in total in the witness stand, it was all over for Erin Patterson just before lunch on Day 31, Thursday, June 12. It was a significant moment in the so-called “Mushroom Murder...

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Stage one of new Phillip Island Community Hospital opens

LOCAL families and holidaymakers to Phillip Island will now have greater access to the urgent healthcare services they need, with stage one of the new Community Hospital now open. Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas today visited the Phillip Island...

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Chloe Kent

Council

Bass Coast taking the lead in waste management with a circular economy

GONE are the days of make, take and dispose according to Bass Coast Shire Council. The new buzz word for sustainable waste management is circular-economy. Instead of a linear, straight-line product life where an item is designed, created, used and...

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Guide dog lucky to survive horrific dog attack

VISION-impaired social worker Sharyl Brockett can’t understand why people are allowed in public places with dangerous dogs after a bullmastiff attacked and nearly killed her guide dog, Daisy. “The bullmastiff lunged at Daisy as we approached...

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Mushroom trial: Was she feeding the dogs or covering her tracks?

WHAT did Erin Patterson do for 38 minutes after she discharged herself, against doctor’s advice, from the Leongatha Hospital at 8.10am on Monday, July 31, not returning until 9.48am? Maybe nothing. Maybe it doesn’t matter. Or maybe, as suggested...

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Relief from local residents as Cape northern boundary reined in

THE deal has almost been done according to Member for Bass Jordan Crugnale MP. Land north of Seaward Drive in Cape Paterson has been excluded from the town boundary impacting on future residential rezoning of the area. Expressing relief that after...

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Did Erin already know the kids hadn’t eaten poisoned mushrooms?

THE last thing Erin Patterson should have been worried about when she was told by a doctor that her kids might die from eating poisoned death cap mushrooms, was whether they’d be stressed by the news. That was the proposition put by Crown...

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11 Jun 2025

Newhaven College students recognised in international engineering competition

A TEAM of five dedicated Year 11 students from Newhaven College has achieved international recognition for their outstanding work in the Real-World Design Challenge (RWDC) - an annual STEM competition that engages high school students (Years 9–12)...

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Nicole May

11 Jun 2025

Council

Fish Creek pushes back against streetworks on Falls Road

TWO petitions are circulating regarding the proposed works on Falls Road, Fish Creek, with Brad Anderson of Fish Creek Hardware, concerned about the negative impact these changes will have on businesses in town. “We are facing six to nine months...

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