New data from Melbourne City Mission has laid bare the scale of youth homelessness across Victoria, with figures for the Latrobe and Gippsland region painting a stark picture of young people trapped in trauma, mental health crisis and long-term housing instability.

Tarwin Lower Primary School is among 330 schools across Victoria to receive funding for vegetation clearance and expert bushfire safety advice, with the state government announcing more than $8 million to protect school communities ahead of the upcoming fire season.

South Gippsland welcomed 43 new citizens at a citizenship ceremony at Memorial Hall in Leongatha last Wednesday, with people from England, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Scotland, South Africa, Switzerland and Thailand formally pledging their commitment to their new home.

What can we say about the weather? The Foster Golf Club course has recently been promoted from "fairways and greens" to something resembling a wetland reserve. Golf carts have succumbed.