Tag: News
Give firefighting a go
PRECEDE: Becoming a firefighter is a tough and rigorous process and yet thousands are applying this week as Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) opens its...
Bunyip unites for cancer support
The Bunyip community has dug deep in support of the Bunyip Biggest Morning Tea event.
The Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club (VVMC) Gippsland Chapter in Longwarry...
Tax reforms in place
As the next financial year starts, the State Government has announced the payroll tax-free threshold had been lifted from $700,000 to $900,000, then to...
Murder charge over drive-by shooting
A Cranbourne North man has been charged over a deadly drive-by shooting following a two-month police hunt.
Homicide squad detectives charged the 21-year-old with murder...
Vapes go behind the chemist counter
New vaping reforms are in place across Australia from 1 July in a crackdown purporting to safeguard young people.
The new reforms mean vapes are...
Feds praise GSEM roadmap
The South East’s “critical” manufacturing sector was “key” to the Government’s ‘A Future Made in Australia’ plan, Federal Skills Minister Brendan O’Connor told a...
Longwarry saleyards ready for next step
With Pakenham saleyard gone, a bold alternative is being proposed in Longwarry promising to return cattle sales to West Gippsland.
A consortium of stock agents...
Monash Health funding alarm
Monash Health could be forced to make proposed cuts of up to $200 million as part of budget savings imposed by the State Government....
Ross still smiling, despite bull incident
Officer’s Ross Doherty is lucky to not be paralysed, let alone be alive after an incident with a bull left him badly injured and...
Premier over the moon at VLE opening
Acting Victorian Premier Pat McNamara may have overplayed the significance of the occasion when officially opening the Victorian Livestock Exchange in Pakenham.
He told the...
VLE ready for Leongatha
As the Pakenham saleyards close, the Victorian Livestock Exchange is ready to focus as Leongatha as one of the busiest saleyards in the country...
Seeing off Pakenham’s saleyard
-Liam
Liam sold cattle on the last day. A young farmer from Chirnside Park, he said it ’sort of sucks’ that Pakenham was closing. He...
CCTV captures grinch stealing Main Street Christmas tree
Less than a week after Main Street was graced with Christmas decorations, a Grinch has attempted to ruin the festive spirit by stealing a...
