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Sheryl
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Market economy offers Christmas trading hint

THE ABS tells us that total household spending is up by five per cent across Australia, for the 12 months through to the end of August 2025. But spending on discretionary items, that is the things we can do without, is down. Alcohol and tobacco has...

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Sheryl Walters

14 hours ago

Cricket

Emergency landing halts game at Inverloch

THERE was no shortage of drama at Inverloch Recreation Reserve on Saturday afternoon, as a helicopter made an unexpected appearance during the B Grade Division 1 match between Inverloch and Wonthaggi Club. Early in the afternoon, play came to a halt...

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Sheryl Walters

14 Oct 2025

Sport

Phillip Island Tenpin Bowling & Entertainment Centre celebrates 20 years

OVER the weekend, Phillip Island Tenpin Bowling & Entertainment Centre marked a remarkable milestone – 20 years since the bowling alley first opened its doors in September 2005. What began as a converted go-kart track has grown into one of the...

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Sheryl Walters

26 Sep 2025

Community

Christmas comes early for Inverloch Surf Club

THE Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) has announced the engagement of a contractor for the delivery of dune reconstruction and beach nourishment works at Inverloch. But, instead of going ahead in spring and ready for the...

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Sheryl Walters

23 Sep 2025

South Gippsland Sentinel Times

Tigers roar to premiership triumph

FOSTER secured one of the more courageous premiership victories in the history of the MGFNL competition on the weekend, defeating the more favoured Fish Creek by 11 points. The Kangaroos were chasing some rare air on the weekend, searching for their...

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Sheryl Walters

16 Sep 2025

Sport

South Gippsland shines at Mornington Junior Volleyball Tournament

The future looks bright for South Gippsland volleyball after the South Gippsland Volleyball Club came away with a swag of medals from the Junior Volleyball Tournament at Mornington over the weekend. Competing in the hotly contested Mornington Junior...

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Sheryl Walters

05 Sep 2025

Football

Fish Creek qualifies for grand final in low-scoring tussle

FINISHING first and second on the ladder respectively, two of the league’s heavyweights met in a qualifying clash that offered a golden ticket to just one, in the shape of a direct route through to the 2025 MGFNL Grand Final. Previous meetings...

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Sheryl Walters

04 Sep 2025

Football

Magpies falter against Nar Nar Goon

DALYSTON knew it was going to be an uphill battle as it geared up to face top of the table Nar Nar Goon on Saturday. The challenge was made all the more harrowing with five players out for the game, and the Magpies were disappointed to concede...

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Sheryl Walters

16 Jul 2025

Sentinel-Times Comment

Letters to the Editor

Like it or not, change is coming

IT WAS interesting to see the avalanche of troll comments and negativity that flowed from an innocent video posted by the Sentinel-Times of the smoking ceremony at the opening of the Ngangga Community Festival at the Berninneit Cultural Centre in...

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Sheryl Walters

08 Jul 2025

Football

Drouin commitment not enough against classy and determined Leongatha

By Andrew Paloczi A COMMANDING team performance led by midfielders Tom Marriott and Luke Bowman delivered Leongatha a 135-point victory over Drouin, the Parrots celebrating Justin Pellicano’s 200th club game in style. After the final siren...

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Sheryl Walters

04 Jun 2025

Football

Tigers cling to a win

MIRBOO North defiantly held Stony Creek at bay in a tense last quarter, to sneak home by seven points at Tigerland on Saturday. Mirboo North now has four wins for the season and sits in seventh spot on the Mid Gippsland ladder, below Newborough on...

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Sheryl Walters

28 May 2025

Football

Foster shakes off competitive Tarwin

FOSTER may have comfortably accounted for most opposition to date but nevertheless had prepared for a fiercer contest in the shape of a Tarwin side on the rebound. The Sharks have been competitive, but their long list of injuries has started taking...

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Sheryl Walters

20 May 2025

Football

Sharks sink struggling Hawks

THE form of these two sides had been really hard to gauge in the weeks leading into Round four. Tarwin coming off multiple losses and Morwell East struggling to find anywhere near the sort of form they had shown in 2024. The question was who would...

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Sheryl Walters

08 May 2025