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Community urged to stand up for local post offices
South Gippsland's postmasters and residents are hoping a Senate inquiry will finally put an end to fears for the future of Australia's regional post offices, after concerns that proposals to strip back services could have devastating consequences for small towns.
Young, homeless and traumatised in Gippsland
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 receives bushfire preparedness funding
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.
43 new citizens call South Gippsland home
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.
Four years in the making: Foster hygiene station finally fully funded
It has been four years in the planning, but a project designed to provide some of the most basic necessities to people doing it tough across the Corner Inlet district is finally set to become a reality.
Bracing for what’s next: Bird flu arrives in Victoria
H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza has arrived in eastern Victoria, with the state confirming 53 birds from 37 locations, include at Clyde in Melbourne's south east, as of 8am on 9 August.
