Tag: politics
A step in the right direction
The Minister for Child Protection and Family Services, Lizzie Blandthorn, has agreed to meet with A Better Life for Foster Kids, founder Heather Baird...
Water Dragons get a JumpStart
GIPPSLAND Water Dragons are set to receive $7500 to deliver a community-led initiative to promote dragon boating to local youth.
The Sale-based club was successful...
Senator opens Centre at Grammar
Tom Parry
GIPPSLAND Grammar has officially opened its new Art & Design Centre.
The building, located on the school’s Garnsey Campus in Sale, was unveiled to...
O’Brien seeks answers on powerlines
MEMBER for Gippsland South, Danny O'Brien, is calling for more public information on why transmission lines for the Gippsland Renewable Energy Zone (GREZ) are...
All for one, one for all
Tom Parry
IT was a display of bravado and solidarity rarely seen inside or outside of the Canberra Bubble.
Federal Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester was...
Banks lambasted in senate hearing
Tom Parry
LAX communication, customers being harassed by staff, inadequate solutions and a disregard for the community.
These are just some of the claims levelled at...
Senate grills banking suits in Sale
Tom Parry
BANKING executives have been chastised for their lack of consultation and quizzed on local branch closures at a hearing in Sale.
The Senate inquiry...
Bull backs the buffet’s return
Tom Parry
DEMANDS are growing to reinstate catering facilities on passenger rail services in Gippsland, with Member for Gippsland East Tim Bull being the latest...
Bank backtrack: Westpac closure postponed
Tom Parry
JUST two weeks after publicly confirming it would close, Westpac Group has announced it will be postponing the closure of its Sale branch.
The...
Gippsland trains still off the rails: O’Brien
CELEBRATIONS by those who welcomed the news that trains would resume on the Gippsland Line this month were short-lived, as replacement coaches were quickly...
Enrolment increase in First Nations voters
UPDATED Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) estimates show that an additional 21,000 Indigenous Australians have enrolled to vote between the end of June 2022 to...
Seat of Narracan finally decided
Liam Durkin
AS expected, the seat of Narracan was won by Liberal candidate, Wayne Farnham.
Mr Farnham had secured 62.7 per cent of two-party preferred votes...
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Noonan and Schaupp perform at The Wedge tonight
Stefan Bradley
Tomorrow at The Wedge, Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp, both ARIA award-winning musicians, will be celebrating some of Australia's greatest female artists through...
