SEC to go if Libs win
New opposition leader Brad Battin has vowed to abolish Victoria's revived State Electricity Commission, in an initial announcement of the Liberal-National Coalition's new policy...
Ask questions before upgrading farm water equipment: Agriculture Victoria
SEASONAL conditions have led to a shortage of stock water across most of Victoria which has renewed interest in constructing farm dams, and the...
Treaty negotiations to resume
The state government and the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria have agreed the focus for the first round of Treaty negotiations in Victoria.
This follows...
Loch Sport Telstra services restored
Loch Sport Telstra customers experienced interrupted mobile and internet service on Monday due to a damaged cable.
Telstra confirmed on Monday afternoon they had technicians...
Fisheries officers catch abalone thieves
In a remote part of East Gippsland, four men from interstate have been apprehended with allegedly more than 1000 blacklip abalone in one of...
Police Beat: January 15 2025
Stockdale fires declared suspicious
Police are treating to two small bushfires at Stockdale last week as suspicious.
The fires started in a pine plantation about 1.30pm...
Big year ahead for Maffra Municipal Band
Last year was an exciting year for the Maffra Municipal Band, having under its wing seven different musical groups and expanding its membership by...
Tinamba slows down to 50 km/h
Signs of the time – another local township’s speed limit has been reduced to 50 kilometres per hour.
Last month, a 50km/h speed limit was...
Campers leave locals far from happy
HAPPY campers have left locals disgusted, leaving Coopers Creek Campground (about 46 minutes west of Cowwarr) in a devastating state, and this isn’t the...
Wellington CFA support Grampians
Blake Metcalf-Holt
STRIKE teams from local CFA districts headed to western Victoria to help contain the prolonged Halls Gap and Grampians National Park bushfire during...
Conserve water this summer: Gippsland Water
Gippsland Water is reminding customers to practise smart water use following a recent surge in demand.
Manager director Sarah Cumming said water consumption in some...
Gippsland’s median weekly rent up by 7pc over past year
The median weekly rent for a Gippsland home has risen by over seven per cent over the year to December 2024, compared to less...
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Sale and District Touch Association needs numbers
The Sale and District Touch Association is going through a rebuilding stage as current numbers are at the lowest level in its 33-year history.
The...
