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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ambulance ramping leaves Victorian regions without paramedics as state grapples with ongoing issue

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Matthew Watt has faced many emergencies during his nine years as a paramedic but he says the night of Friday, August 16 was one of the worst. "Ramping has been happening my entire time at Ambulance Victoria," Mr Watt said. "It leaves a huge blackspot where there's no ambulance resourcing available and patients go without getting the care they need …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mid-winter festivals bring warmth and creativity to regional communities

ABC

Hundreds of people line the main street of Mirboo North in regional Victoria at dusk armed with their phones to film the lantern parade. Mid-winter wellbeing Returning to East Gippsland to raise his young family, founder and co-director of the East Gippsland Winter Festival Adam Bloem initially set out to create a new event to bring energy to the region's …

Festival Community Winter Events Come Abc Rachael Lucas

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Cavers and scientists unearth near-complete short-nosed kangaroo fossil from East Gippsland cave

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In short: Cavers, rangers and scientists have unearthed a near-complete specimen of a 50,000-year-old extinct short-faced kangaroo called Simosthenurus occidentalis. And he's also part of a team of scientists, rangers and citizen cavers who recently uncovered a 50,000-year-old short-faced kangaroo skeleton in an undisturbed cave in East Gippsland. "The rarity of finding a single, near complete example of an individual …

Bones Museums Cave Victoria Scientists Fossil Ziegler

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Coalition's plan to go nuclear puts five regions on the table as favoured locations for nuclear reactors

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There are just a handful of regions in Australia shaping up as the most likely candidates for the Coalition's proposal to install nuclear reactors in Australia, as the party eyes retiring coal stations as a way to go nuclear. Speaking on Channel Seven on Tuesday morning, Mr Dutton confirmed the party was "interested" in replacing retiring coal plants with nuclear …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Storm-ravaged community of Mirboo North takes disaster clean-up into its own hands

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In short: Just 24 hours after severe storms lashed Victoria, community members in Mirboo North began mobilising to clean up the damage. Just 24 hours after severe storms lashed Victoria, community members in Mirboo North began mobilising to clean up the damage. "The donations that people have put through like money and food generators — it's really good to see …

Community Storm Help North Mccarthy Smith Abc

10 months, 1 week ago

Victorians call for better infrastructure as power outages continue across the state

ABC

In short: Victorians are calling for electricity networks to be improved to prevent extended power outages. "She sets it up at night and it runs while she's asleep," Mr Palmer said. "Our cool room's without power and our shop heated up pretty quickly," she said. "It was quite distressing, we couldn't even get triple zero calls out," Ms Schubel said. …

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1 year, 2 months ago

'It was a little piece of paradise': Saunders family lose beloved Briagolong home in Gippsland bushfires

ABC

When Rob Saunders smelt smoke on Sunday, he opened his front door to take a look outside before running back inside to call triple-0. Key points: The mudbrick home was destroyed when fire tore through Briagolong, east of Melbourne Mr Saunders and his wife were given no warning of the approaching fire Authorities have downgraded the Briagolong alert to a …

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1 year, 7 months ago

VicGrid says residents are 'confused' over transmission lines planned for the south-east

ABC

Coastal residents and farmers say they remain in the dark about plans for transmission lines and wind farms off Victoria's eastern coast. Key points: Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen says community consultation must improve Above-ground transmission lines are opposed by Gippsland farmers An infrastructure boss admits communities are confused by an abundance of energy organisations While some residents have been …

Energy Infrastructure Wind South Transmission Lines Transmission Lines

1 year, 9 months ago

A third of the nation's bank branches have shut in the past five years — for people in the country, that's a huge problem

ABC

Newsagent Ray Burgess is a good customer for a bank, he just cannot find one. Key points: Over the past five years, 30 per cent of Australia's bank branches have shut Banks claim more transactions are happening online, fewer in branches A Senate inquiry into the impact of regional bank branch closures is holding a hearing in Gippsland To run …

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2 years ago

South Gippsland removed from offshore wind zone after community concerns

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South Gippsland residents have welcomed a new zone earmarked for offshore wind in the Bass Strait, which now excludes waters west of Wilsons Promontory. Key points: The new zone excludes South Gippsland, east of Wilsons Promontory Chris Bowen says community and environmental concerns sparked the change East of Wilsons Promontory, turbines must be placed at least 10 kilometres from the …

Community Wind Environmental Concerns South Community Concerns Zone Bowen

3 years, 2 months ago

Nationals MP Darren Chester taking a break from party room following 'frustration' with leadership

ABC

Nationals backbencher Darren Chester has confirmed he is taking a break from the party and will not attend partyroom meetings because of growing frustrations with the leadership. Key points: Mr Chester says he is frustrated with the Nationals' failure to moderate "disrespectful and offensive" views of fellow MPs He says he will continue to support the Coalition government Nationals Leader …

Leader Parliament Nationals Gippsland Mr Joyce Barnaby Joyce Canavan

3 years, 6 months ago

Flood warnings and wild weather alert as east coast low hits Victoria

ABC

Authorities are warning large parts of regional Victoria could face significant flooding and wild weather as an intense weather front crosses the state. Key points: The Bureau of Meteorology is warning of destructive winds and potential flooding The front could dump up to 200mm of rain on to the Gippsland ranges Nineteen rivers and creeks in Gippsland, Central Victoria and …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Shark warning as second whale washes up on eastern Victorian beaches in matter of weeks

ABC

A dead sperm whale has washed ashore on Forest Caves Beach at Phillip Island in south-eastern Victoria. Key points: Authorities have warned the public to keep away from a a dead whale carcass found washed up at Forest Caves Beach in Phillip Island at the weekend Experts say the carcass has the potential to attract sharks closer to shore The …

Beach Shark Victoria Gippsland Whale Phillip Island Washed

4 years, 1 month ago

Endangered Burrunan dolphins found dead in Gippsland Lakes

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Scientists are investigating the death of four rare dolphins in the Gippsland Lakes in eastern Victoria. Key points: Four Burrunan dolphins have been found dead in the Gippsland Lakes since September Scientists are monitoring water quality to try to determine a cause People on boats and jet skis have been warned to stay away from the dolphins There are two …

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