Category: Gippsland
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An election without the electors
Opinion The Prime Minister was heckled by a protester representing the group Rising Tide at a Labour campaign launch to address youth mental health on 8th April, 2025. The audio of the incident, indicated how passionate the protester was, expressing herself to the point of being hysterical. Since getting elected your government has approved 33…
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Gippsland Weather Summary, March 2025
Gippsland temperatures continue on their trend of temperatures being one to two degrees Celsius above their long-term averages. This has been a fairly consistent trend over the last six months since I’ve been compiling these reports. Weatherzone.com reports that Australia wide, our average temperatures were 2.41 degrees Celsius above the long-term averages. News reports continue…
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Wanted: Inspiring and Valued Women
Since Victoria began, the hands of men and women have built our communities. Their struggles and sense of making a contribution for all to benefit have enriched and created the communities that we value today. Though women were always there alongside men, showing leadership, compassion, advocating and caring, their efforts have not always been adequately…
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February Weather in Gippsland
East Gippsland saw good rainfalls, recording twice their usual February average. Bairnsdale received 84 mm of rainfall in February mainly as a result of a rainfall event about the 10th of February where it recorded 55 mm over four days. Leongatha in contrast experienced a dry month, recording 16 mm of rain being half of…
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Warragul hosts a new addition to its skyline
Heading for the centre of Warragul, now features a tall centre poll crane rising above the town centre. While it hasn’t been unusual to see truck mounted cranes at work in the town centre involved in building or tower construction, I think this crane, which is normally seen in the city, is for the first…
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Gippsland Today, 1 October 2024
Local Council Elections Residents who are enrolled, will soon be receiving their voting package for their local council elections. All Gippsland municipalities will be voting by postal vote. The voting package will include candidate information, the ballot and instructions on how to cast an eligible vote. Voting is compulsory and votes must be posted or…
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