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AFMA licence fee increases to burn fishers

The recent release of license fees by Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) may leave primary industries in question with increased costs putting pressure on fishers. The South East Trawl sector has experienced an increase this year of 19 per cent and the Trawl Boat SFR (licence) ... Read more...

Aussie Jeff is number one

It was a perfect Australian summer’s day yesterday, with flags flying, snags on the barbecue and great community spirit. It was Australia Day in East Gippsland. With events of all shapes and sizes across the length and breadth of East Gippsland, it was Paynesville where the regional foc... Read more...

Childcare in doubt

  Users of occasional childcare in East Gippsland have been dealt another blow after the Victorian Government released an independent report recommending that ‘Take a Break’ (TAB) funding for occasional childcare not be reinstated.   The report was commissioned by the Brum... Read more...

Mark – a traditional boat builder

While Mark Henger has learnt his skills as a boat builder in all facets of the craft it is the old traditional way he now sticks to. Mark’s love of wooden boats began during his childhood living in the Northern Territory, sailing around Darwin and loving the feel of a solid timber craft... Read more...

High speed offences

Bairnsdale Highway Patrol has had a very busy week and expressed its disappointment with the number of drivers either breaking the speed limit or drink driving. The most notable offence occurred on January 14 when a 45-year-old Orbost man was nabbed doing 185km/h on the Bruthen/Nowa Nowa Road. ... Read more...

Perspective on gun ratio

According to local residents the high ratio of guns registered to people in Swift’s Creek, as reported in the Herald Sun and state television bulletins last Monday, have to be put into perspective. The articles, which featured on pages one, eight and nine, stated that guns outnumber peo... Read more...