A Victorian parliamentary inquiry into public school funding has found that government schools across the state have been systematically underfunded for more than a decade.

The latest Crime Statistics Agency figures suggest the Prom Coast has largely avoided the sharp increase in sexual offences reported across South Gippsland, although several local communities experienced higher levels of property crime during the year ending March 2026.

Public health experts are warning Victorians not to be lulled into a false sense of security by a quieter-than-usual start to the flu season. Lower case numbers earlier in the year are expected to produce a late winter spike.

South Gippsland's rollout of the new FOGO (Food Organics and Garden Organics) bin system and the shift to fortnightly general waste collection from 1 July has prompted some confusion on the kerbside, and a wave of community discussion online.

Second-placed Fish Creek headed to Thorpdale on Saturday to do battle with a side only two spots below them on the ladder, yet ran out resounding winners 20.9 (129) to 7.7 (49).

After thirty years of teaching at primary schools around the Prom Coast, Kath Gilbert was looking for a change. In 2023, she, and partner Bill Koetsveld, headed north from Fish Creek and found themselves once again in Alice Springs.

What in us makes us want to volunteer? In the recent play ‘No Exit’ by Jean-Paul Sartre, performed by FAMDA, ‘Hell is other people’. In many respects this can be true and yet we still find ourselves drawn to be a part of a group, to help, to try.