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Michael
Giles

Bass Coast Council’s bark worse than its bite, they say

BASS Coast Shire Councillors were talking tough when they ushered in a new era in domestic animal management at their council meeting on Wednesday, October 15. And their enforcement-rich approach wasn’t lost on a group of Phillip Island Bass Coast...

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Michael Giles

1 hour ago

News

How to watch Phillip Island’s ‘Homecoming Ride’ led by Casey Stoner

IT’S all starting to happen at Phillip Island ahead of the Liqui Moly Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix 2025. While finishing touches are being applied out at the famous Phillip Island Motor Racing Circuit, in town at Cowes, the entertainment stage...

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Michael Giles

16 hours ago

Council

Big crowd turns out for debate on Phillip Island’s doomed pool project

A big crowd turned out at the Bass Coast Shire Council meeting on Wednesday, October 15 at which a veritable “library of planning and reporting documents” was presented to council for adoption. However, while Mayor Cr Rochelle Halstead lauded...

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Michael Giles

15 Oct 2025

News

Work starts soon on reopening iconic Sealers Cove Walk

PRESIDENT of Bushwalking Australia, Jeff McDonell, considers the Sealers Cove Walk the best walking track in Victoria and more’s the pity then that it has been closed due to flooding damage since 2021. The good news is a contract has been awarded...

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Michael Giles

15 Oct 2025

News

Power goes out again on Monday night in central Cowes

THE instability of the power grid on Phillip Island, especially at one of the extremities in Cowes, was called into question again on Monday night this week, October 13, just as international motorcycle teams started arriving for the Australian...

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Michael Giles

13 Oct 2025

News

Phillip Island firies impressed with record turnout

MORE than 200 people took the opportunity to ‘Get Fire Ready’ for summer by attending the Phillip Island Fire Brigade’s open day last Saturday ahead of the onset of the Fire Danger Period for 2025. Also, at Foster on Saturday, and Kongwak and...

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Michael Giles

12 Oct 2025

News

The good news is Phillip Island Bridge works will be carried out at night

WE GOT another look at what happens when there’s even the slightest disruption on the Phillip Island Bridge last Thursday. While contractors were erecting banners ahead of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, traffic was banked up for kilometres...

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Michael Giles

10 Oct 2025

Council

Speak up, stand up for what you believe, vale Jon Trigt

THIS is the first time we have published this photo of the late Jon Trigt of Surf Beach on Phillip Island being escorted out of the September 2023 Bass Coast Shire Council meeting by police. We didn’t print the photo at the time because the...

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Michael Giles

10 Oct 2025

News

Judge mistaken in using prison conditions to lighten Erin Patterson’s sentence, says DPP

THE Acting Director of Public Prosecution Diana Piekusis KC has filed a Notice of Appeal against the sentence handed down to Leongatha triple murderer Erin Patterson. Ms Piekusis considers that an error has been made in the sentence imposed and that...

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Michael Giles

09 Oct 2025

News

Swift exit for Jordan Crugnale: The full story

IN THE inimitable words of Taylor Swift, the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, but baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake it off! Bass MP Jordan Crugnale didn’t say that when she announced last week that she would not be contesting the November...

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Michael Giles

07 Oct 2025

News

DPP to appeal Erin Patterson’s sentence

LEGAL counsel for Leongatha triple murderer, Erin Patterson, Richard Edney, told the Supreme Court in Melbourne last week that his client intends to appeal her conviction. But even before Ms Patterson has been able to file her application for leave...

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Michael Giles

06 Oct 2025

News

Korumburra magistrate shows how tougher new bail laws are kicking in

DURING the last siting day of State Parliament, on Thursday, September 11, there was quite a to do about two 14-year-olds being released on bail at Mildura. One was a 14-year-old-girl accused of home invasion, who had already been cautioned 14 times...

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Michael Giles

04 Oct 2025

News

Protesters turn out to hear alleged wombat cruelty case

A POSSE of wildlife protesters, who turned out at the Korumburra Magistrates’ Court on Thursday this week, hoping to see justice dispensed in the case of alleged cruelty to wombats at Venus Bay left disappointed that the case was adjourned without...

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Michael Giles

02 Oct 2025