A NEW rating strategy has been included in the 2026-27 Bass Coast Shire draft budget which will see a drop in the rating differential for farmland from 80 per cent to 65 per cent, and an increase in the differential for vacant land from 150 per cent to 200 per cent.
Reigning premiers in the Gippsland League, Leongatha, will have eight players missing from their all-conquering premiership team when they unfurl their 2025 flag at Parrot Park on Saturday but they remain the team to beat in 2026.
State Government commits $65 million for new pharmacy, pathology clinic and medical imaging suite in stage two expansion.
Major construction will run from June through to mid-2028, with SRG Global appointed as contractor for the rehabilitation project.
