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A 19 year-old Fish Creek resident has been charged with 20 offences for the slaughter of nine wombats in Venus Bay back in February. The man’s hearing is set for October 2 at Korumburra Magistrates Court.

While the closures of Bendigo Bank branches in Korumburra and Yarram have sparked protests and political intervention, the quiet upcoming shutdown of Welshpool's banking agency on October 6 has gone largely unreported, despite representing a 26-year history of community-driven financial services.

Some South Gippsland landholders who have protected their properties for conservation have been stripped of their annual rebate, with the council informing Trust for Nature covenant holders last week they no longer qualify for the discount.

New federal Member for Monash Mary Aldred used her maiden speech to Parliament last week to outline her agenda for the electorate, pledging to fight for a new West Gippsland Hospital and a national framework to combat coastal erosion.

Are you a woman with some health concerns that you’d really prefer to ask a female doctor about? Have you ever called up the local doctor’s surgery to make an appointment to see if you can get those questions answered, only to find the next available appointment with a woman GP is months away?

Call outs to a burning car are becoming something of a regular occurrence for our CFA crews of late. A 3am pager led the Fish Creek & District fire crew to a burning ute that was “stolen, dumped and torched” just outside the town at the end of last month.

Escaped livestock, particularly cattle, have become a growing safety and liability concern in parts of South Gippsland, culminating in court action, local government intervention, and mounting frustration among residents and road users.