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Shire panel amends proposed governance rules
SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council’s administration panel has amended the proposed governance rules, required by the new Victorian Local Government Act 2020, to include changes suggested in the one public submission received […]
2021 South Gippsland Australia Day awards
SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council’s 2021 Australia Day Awards will proceed but with a few changes due to COVID-19. The awards recognise people in South Gippsland who dedicate their time, skills […]
Black Spur update from Regional Roads Victoria
WE’RE removing nine sharp bends and reducing the length of the highway from 3.4km to 2.3km between Old Koonwarra-Meeniyan Road and Minns Road. We’re also building two new bridges over the […]
AFNL officially to join Mid Gippsland League
AFL Victoria has ticked off the G25 report and its recommendation is to amalgamate The Alberton Football Netball League into the Mid Gippsland Football Netball League competition to create a […]
Looking forward to the next fifty years when, in 2070 Foster’s 200 year celebrations will be held
WHILE the 150 year celebrations of the finding of gold in Stockyard Creek have been somewhat curtailed by the Corona virus, our community is now invited to look forward to […]
Foster stadium scores $2.26m grant
Showgrounds’ indoor sports stadium has scored a $2.6 million redevelopment grant through the State Government’s Sport and Recreation Victoria Community Sports Infrastructure Stimulus Program. The money will go towards an […]
Sun shines for Sam
FORMER Fish Creek junior footballer, Sam Flanders has joined a unique group of players who have played in a drawn game of AFL/VFL football in their first ever game. Sam […]
Stage 3 Lockdown
Foster and Toora Medical Centres Who would have predicted last year that we would all be wearing facemasks and becoming immune to pictures of empty Melbourne city streets under an […]
Victory in the Pacific- Commemorating 75 years
WHEN Victory in the Pacific was declared on August 15, 1945 it ended six years of world war for Australians. During that time Australian defence forces had been deployed to a […]
Llarrinda Bed & Breakfast won 2020 Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best Award for Inns / Bed & Breakfast accommodation
LLARRINDA Bed & Breakfast in Foster North has been recognised as a ‘2020 Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best’ award winner in the category of Inns/Bed & Breakfasts, placing it in […]
Shire leadership program candidates shortlisted
SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council’s planned Community Leadership Program has attracted 36 applicants from throughout the municipality, with 25 shortlisted to fill the 20 available places. The shire’s acting community strengthening […]
“Wear a mask to reduce COVID-19 spread” – Broadbent
Monash MHR Russell Broadbent has urged Gippslanders and indeed all Victorians make sure they are wearing a face mask or covering to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 when outside […]
Shire panel reports to community, state minister
SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council’s administration panel has issued the July 2020 edition of its Administrators’ Community Update, reporting to the municipality’s residents and the new Victorian Local Government Minister Shaun […]
New controller at Foster SES unit
FOSTER North beef farmer and agricultural contractor Bernie Cashin has been appointed as the new unit controller at the Foster State Emergency Service (SES). Bernie has taken over from Foster’s […]
The Camel Man’s adventure
JOHN Arthur Elliot was the CEO of a Financial Services firm in Perth but wanted more out of life. “I wanted to go on a big adventure,” he said. “All […]
Pandemic concerns
Foster and Toora Medical Centres ONCE again the COVID landscape has changed dramatically since our last article. The feeling that we in Australia had somehow avoided the pandemic now seems […]
New name, guidelines for Section 86 committees
VOLUNTEER-BASED Section 86 committees in charge of public facilities such as halls and recreation reserves will soon be known by a new name and controlled under simpler guidelines in the new […]
COVID-19 slashes Yanakie, Long Jetty caravan parks’ incomes
CLOSURES forced by COVID-19 pandemic restrictions during the past three months have slashed the projected incomes of the Yanakie Caravan Park and the Long Jetty Caravan Park at Port Welshpool to […]
Dairy foundations grants for three Corner Inlet district projects
THREE Corner Inlet district organisations are among 26 groups from Victoria’s three dairy farming communities to receive grants for projects through the Gardiner Dairy Foundation (GDF) and the Foundation for […]
Local property market great for sellers, listings wanted!
SOUTH Gippsland’s property market certainly is in great form during the 2020 winter season; rather more so, that is, for sellers than for buyers. Many more properties have changed hands […]
COVID-19 landscape changed
Foster and Toora Medical Centres THE COVID landscape has changed quite a lot since last article. Again. And predictably not for the last time. For this is a book with […]
First shire COVID-19 support measures now available
SUPPORT measures in the first phase of South Gippsland Shire Council’s $2 million COVID-19 package are now available, following their adoption by the municipality’s administration panel at a special meeting held […]
A great year for Foster SES Unit
The Foster State Emergency Service (SES) Unit certainly had a great year in 2019/2020 according to a snapshot of activities and achievements proudly posted on its Facebook page. The statistics […]
Welshpool ram raid ute driver wanted by police
Victoria Police want to speak to anyone with information that could identify the driver of a silver Ford Ranger twin cab utility, one of two vehicles used in a ram […]
Corner Inlet fishery’s voluntary code now law
NEARLY three decades has passed since Corner Inlet’s licensed commercial fishers shook hands on a voluntary code of practice intended to sustain the fishery and ensure good catches for all, then […]
FCA – Fostering Our Community
THIS year has brought ups and downs for many of us. Some members of our community have experienced significant interruptions to income/employment and certainly most of us have seen our way […]
Sports and Recreation Grant applications endorsed
AT its recent council meeting, South Gippsland Shire Council reinforced its support for two major sport and reaction projects in the eastern end of the Shire. On May 28, 2020, the […]
Camping banned at Franklin River Reserve
OVERNIGHT camping at the Franklin River Reserve on the South Gippsland Highway between Foster and Toora has been permanently banned. South Gippsland Shire Council’s administration panel voted to close the reserve […]
Shire panel adopts 2020/21 budget, 2020/24 plan
SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council’s administration panel formally adopted the municipality’s annual budget for 2020/2024 and its council plan for 2020/2024 at the ordinary meeting held in Leongatha on Wednesday June […]
COVID-19 update
Foster and Toora Medical Centres HOW things can change in the few weeks since our last article. We were congratulating ourselves on such a great response to the COVID-19 threat […]
South Gippsland Water price rise deferred
THE Essential Services Commission (ESC) last week released South Gippsland Water’s final price determination that approves our water and sewerage prices for the three years to 2022-23. South Gippsland Water […]
Plan budget submissions
Panel takes little heed of shire budget, plan submissions South Gippsland Shire’s administration panel acting as the council seems to have taken little heed of submissions made by community members […]
Emerald anniversary for Brendan and Mary
WHEN asked what the secret to a long and genuinely happy marriage is, Port Franklin resident Mary Scott said of Brendan, her husband of 55 years as at June 19, […]
Welshpool school’s gentle office “face” bids farewell
THE gentle “face” of Welshpool and District Primary School’s office is bidding farewell after nearly a quarter of a century of looking after and out for students and their families […]
New South Gippsland Hospital operating theatre soon ready for service
WHILE its external cream and lichen modernist asymmetry may not appeal to all, there is little doubt that every patient undergoing a surgical procedure will come to appreciate what is […]
ViPlus factory extension means more product and jobs
A 3000-square-metre extension currently being built on to the ViPlus Dairy Pty Ltd factory at Toora will literally mean more product and so more jobs. ViPlus Dairy chief executive officer […]
A life of medical and community service a circle to OAM
FOSTER Medical Centre general practitioner Dr Laurie Warfe reckons his life has gone in a full circle, with his present work closely resembling an earlier period in his career when […]
COVID-19 update
Foster and Toora Medical Centres FIRST off, huge congratulations to Dr Laurie Warfe for his OAM. Laurie has been working with us for the last year or so after moving […]
Shire CEO to join regional tourism board
SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council chief executive officer (CEO) Kerryn Ellis will soon join the board of regional tourism board Destination Gippsland Limited (DGL) as a director, alongside the CEOs of […]
CFA rolls out $20.5m in donations
Mobile community education vans, ultra-light tankers, station equipment and a transformative volunteer leadership program will be funded thanks to more than $20.5m in donations received over the extreme 2019/20 fire […]
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