State

Supporting First Home Buyers In Regional Victoria 23rd Apr 2020

The Victorian Government is extending the $20,000 First Home Owner Grant for people buying or building a new home in regional Victoria for an extra 12 months, in another measure to support Victorians through the coronavirus pandemic.

Business

Backing Agriculture Businesses During Coronavirus 23rd Apr 2020

Apr 23, 2020 Carpe Diem

The Victorian Government is working closely with the state’s agricultural sector to ensure its crucial supply chains can continue unbroken during the coronavirus pandemic.

Council

Proposed 4 Year Council Plan-Administrators Speak

Apr 23, 2020 Don Hill

Administrator Zahra started by stating the main Strategies of the previous Councillor group. Then he went on to claim that the proposed plan was not just words. That it was a cleaner, clearer policy document and that it would provide greater direction to staff, the team, and the people.

Council

Council 4 Year Plan Details

Apr 22, 2020 Carpe Diem

Council has produced 4 “Strategies” to follow over the next 4 years.

Details on Council’s Proposed 4 Year Plan
Council has produced 4 “Strategies” to follow over the next 4 years.

Council

Making a s223 Submission

Apr 22, 2020 Carpe Diem

This year’s Annual Budget, and Plan documents were approved by the Administrators for the usual s223 consultation exercise as mandated by the Local Government Act.

Council

Another Rates and Hardship Policy

Apr 22, 2020 Don Hill

This initiative of Council is to provide support to residents and businesses in the Shire who may be affected by the Covid 19 pandemic. It aims to make allowances for those who need assistance with rates and charges.

State

New Modelling Confirms Hit To Economy, Unemployment Spike

Apr 22, 2020 Carpe Diem

New modelling released by the Victorian Government shows the devastating and unprecedented impact the coronavirus pandemic will have on the state’s economy across the rest of the year and into 2021.

Business

Oil and Lobsters

Apr 21, 2020 Carpe Diem

The speed at which the corona Virus swept around the world is staggering. The effect is akin to bumper to bumper traffic driving at full speed down the freeway only to find everyone coming to a screeching halt at the front followed in quick succession by everyone in the chain behind.

Letters to Editor

Auditing up to Standard?

Apr 20, 2020 Lindsay Love

The SGSC resort to claiming that because the Auditors look at their reports that it is satisfactory not
to have transparency with the Council financials. If one looks at issues with Councils where fraud
has occurred it is not the auditors who discover these issues.

Human Interest

Hat Off To You Maureen

Apr 19, 2020 Camilla Hullick

You may have seen this gorgeous, 94 year old, Melbourne woman on the televised news not long ago, as a band of nurses formed a guard of honour and cheered as she left the Austin Hospital, wheeled out by her 69 year old son, John, her primary carer.

Business

How Corona Virus might change the Economy

Apr 17, 2020 Carpe Diem

From the economies point of view Corona Virus is likely to affect the way we do business far more than people realise.

Business

Skilling Up Victorians To Get Through The Coronavirus Crisis 17th Apr 2020

Apr 17, 2020 Carpe Diem

Victorians will continue to get the skills they need to get a job and help us through the coronavirus crisis, with emergency funding from the Victorian Government to support the state’s TAFE and training system with student numbers expected to drop.

State

More Funding To Keep Women And Children Safe 17th Apr 2020

Apr 17, 2020 Carpe Diem

Women experiencing or at risk of family violence will continue to get access to the services they and their children need, with a two-year funding package for women’s health services across Victoria.

State

New Funding To Fight Coronavirus

Apr 16, 2020 Carpe Diem

The Victorian Government will put aside an additional $24.5 billion in emergency funding to fight coronavirus, support jobs, and set Victoria up to recover from the pandemic over the next two years.

Council

Administrators Message April 20th 2020

Apr 16, 2020 Council Administrators

This week we have spoken to a number of our business association leaders across the region to stay in touch during the COVID-19 crisis. We have heard of great actions being taken where the business community is supporting each other in whatever way they can and it has been wonderful seeing this collaboration in difficult times.

Health

History of infectious disease transmission

Apr 15, 2020 Carpe Diem

Generally human disease transmission spreads in one of three ways. Direct contact, touching something contaminated by someone else, or by getting too close and breathing a floating germ from someone else via the air.

State

Supporting Tenants And Landlords Through Coronavirus 15th Apr 2020

Apr 15, 2020 Carpe Diem

The Victorian Government will bring urgent legislation to the Parliament in line with decisions of the National Cabinet to support tenants and landlords through the coronavirus pandemic by reforming residential and commercial tenancy laws.

State

Emergency Sitting Of The Victorian Parliament Next Week 15th Apr 2020

Apr 15, 2020 Carpe Diem

The Victorian Parliament will be recalled two weeks early for a one day emergency sitting on Thursday 23 April 2020 to pass vital legislation to assist the ongoing response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Council

Administrators’ Message April 13th 2020

Apr 14, 2020 Council Administrators

Hello to all across the Shire. We know these times are extraordinary but we all share in this together

(more…)

Health

Boosting Paramedic Recruits On Coronavirus Frontline

Apr 14, 2020 Carpe Diem

The Victorian Government will fast-track the recruitment of 120 extra paramedics to boost the frontline of Victoria’s coronavirus response and help ensure all Victorians get the health support they need when they need it.

(more…)

Letters to Editor

Port Welshpool Underwater Observatory and Museum

Apr 14, 2020 Lindsay Love

South Gippsland Action Group (SGAG) is encouraging the Council to talk to the community
about future items for the Council Plan due to be updated later in the year.

(more…)

Human Interest

My Journey to South Gippsland

Apr 13, 2020 Camilla Hullick

The mystery of life never ceases to amaze me. From a young age I have always attempted to diligently fuel my desired, significant short- and long-term goals with calculated, bullet proof measures, striving to celebrate completion.

Human Interest

Airline Cancelled Your Flight

Apr 13, 2020 Carpe Diem

Events of March took everyone by surprise with the speed at which the coronavirus changed the world around us.
Anyone who had flights booked in early March for later in the year probably didn’t think they had a problem. Then all the airlines started shutting down.

Business

Who Owns Our Politicians and Media

Apr 13, 2020 William Bourke

The coronavirus crisis has helped us to understand the power and influence of the property industry. Consider the following media reports from this week.