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More than 2,155 hectares of native forest in the Strzelecki Ranges north of Toora and Yarram have been added to the Brataualung Forest Park after the Governor of Victoria signed the gazettal into law on 8 October, a milestone three decades in the making for the community groups who fought for it.

With an above-average fire risk forecast for south-east Victoria this season, the CFA is calling on Prom Coast residents to take action now.

Victorians are being urged to prepare for thunderstorm asthma as grass pollen season gets underway, with this year's warning carrying extra weight as 2026 marks ten years since the world's largest epidemic thunderstorm asthma event struck Victoria.

More than seven in ten female carers and six in ten male carers of people living with dementia report feeling overwhelmed by their caring responsibilities, according to new survey data released during National Carers Week.

A major community charity event is coming to Foster Golf Club on Saturday 14 November, bringing together golf, sport, entertainment and fundraising in support of health services across South Gippsland.

The Nationals have committed $10 million to Victoria's Neighbourhood Houses if elected at November's state election, in a pledge that has been welcomed in principle by local community houses but criticised as far from adequate to address the sector's real funding crisis.

South Gippsland’s six public pools face an estimated $41 million funding gap over the next 15 years. Council has not made a decision to close any individual pool, but closure is an option on the table.