Victorian agricultural and pastoral societies will be supported to continue putting on events and upgrade infrastructure through support from the Andrews Labor Government. Yarram Successful.
It’s mid-afternoon during the warmest hour of the day and I’m outside trudging in gumboots over our muddy farm, rugged up complete with beanie and scarf, dreaming of what could have been like so many Australians.
The Fire Services Property Levy rate will be reduced on residential properties across the state as part of an overhaul that will make the charge simpler and more consistent – and reflect the establishment of Fire Rescue Victoria.
The pandemic has hit people, communities and businesses of South Gippsland hard; but it has been a sledgehammer for community sports. There is no social distancing in most team sports. Clubs competitions ceased overnight. Revenues dried up. The games and their supporters are lost potentially for the season.
Newscorp has announced the closure of around 100 of its regional print newspapers. These newspapers will now become digital only papers.
Persia has always held my attention. As a Jesuit student in Adelaide I was taught Greek and Latin (not that much stuck) and also their histories. Darius I huge Empire was taken on by the city state of Athens and beaten at the battle of marathon and Salamis.
Neither Administrator Brown or Zahra actually made any commentary on what was in the current proposed budget. Both claimed that Council was in a strong financial position, a claim that is not in dispute.
I happened to bump into a lovely friend this week, whose smiling face never fails to brighten my day.
Community sporting clubs and associations can now make their pitch for a share of more than $100 million in Victorian Government grants dedicated to supporting grassroots players and volunteers.
More than three million Victorians are involved in community sport and recreation. From today, 12,000 clubs and associations across the state will be able to apply for support under a $40 million program to help with basic running costs and to support readiness to return to play.
Sadly, not being a mother myself, I was interested to find out how our local youngsters feel about corona induced social/physical distancing and isolation, and the impact it creates, through their unique, vulnerable perceptions, within their young lives.
Korumburra is a resilient community with so much positivity during such a difficult and challenging time.
We have had no local government representation in South Gippsland since the State Labour government sacked the elected shire council in June last year.
Most Southern Gippsland tourism businesses began the summer season with a sense of real optimism. Forward bookings at accommodation places were looking particularly strong and for the year ended December 2019,
Thinking about post-Covid-19, the environment is my number one issue. I was disappointed in the federal election result, disappointed that we elected a government which refused to even utter the words ‘climate change’.
You may have seen recent reports on the ABC about a remarkable series of artworks in the form of ten murals scattered about the South Gippsland town of Yarram.
Early 2017 Council approved the introduction of live streaming for Council meetings. The system worked reasonably well and was also extremely cheap to install.
Victorian Certificate of Education examinations will start in early November and results will be available by the end of the year, giving certainty to thousands of students whose studies have been interrupted by coronavirus.
I am a welfare Officer here at the Fish Creek RSL . We are delivering food to people in need , Fish Creek School, and Meeniyan School , for people doing it tough , we supply food clothing and furniture also have helped several families that have lost everything in the fires , and still have received no financial help from all the moneys donated.
What a big week it has been following the Premier’s announcement to gradually relax the Stay at Home
provisions for COVID-19. This will no doubt come as a great relief to many in our community who have
been missing social connection and will help to reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation for many of
us.
20 years ago, I had a collectables shop in the centre of Melbourne where I dealt in phonecards, coins, and banknotes. It was a fun time
Anyone who gets the cooking bug ends up having a series of tasty favourites that you fall back on.
An article in this week’s Sentinel Times (page 7) called “Rate relief Plan Misses the Mark” discusses the two circulating petitions from Matt Sherry calling for a zero rate rise in this year’s budget and a second unrelated petition from Don Hill calling for an $800 refund to all ratepayers for this year.
I had an interesting day today!
It started this morning with some essential, weekly food shopping in a Leongatha supermarket. I typically aim to shop early. It’s usually not a busy time and allows me to run in and out, leaving a big chunk of my remaining day for productive tasks.
Let’s take a look at early statements by Julie Eisenbise (JE) (Ref the Star July 2, 2019) “I want to work with the community to get the best outcome for the entire shire.”