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Nearly 500,000 Australians are missing out on hundreds of dollars in pharmaceutical savings each year due to poor understanding and uptake of the country's "clunky" Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Safety Net, according to new data from the federal Department of Health and Aging.

Roadkill is an unfortunate fact of life on Prom Coast roads, indeed, anywhere across Australia. But it needn’t be in the numbers we see left at the side of the road, especially at this time of year.

South Gippsland Shire councillors have called for the State Government to recognise the unique challenges facing coastal communities due to climate change, rather than applying a one-size-fits-all approach to planning regulations.

Concerns are mounting about potentially misleading postal vote application forms being distributed by major political parties, with voters and candidates in Monash alarmed by the practice.

A lot has been written about the provision of early childhood services in the media of late, whether it be child care waiting lists or dodgy operators.

After numerous public consultation meetings where ExxonMobil spokespeople could not be drawn on job numbers to fulfill their proposal of bringing spent Bass Strait oil rigs to shore for decommissioning, Prom Coast News (PCN) has finally been able to get an answer.

It might not seem like it’s quite yet time to get out the vicks and the cold and flu tablets, but health authorities are urging Victorians to get their flu shots early this year, as Australia records an unprecedented surge in influenza cases well ahead of the traditional winter peak.