Last Thursday’s State Government announcement to immediately cease logging in remaining old growth forests and cease all logging in native forests across the state by 2030 comes as a blow to local communities reliant on the industry, with flow on effects well beyond the timber cutters.In his announcement last week, Premier Daniel Andrews said as part of the plan, $120 million would be set aside...

Warm weather returned on Monday after a bleak weekend for Remembrance ay, which saw services well attended across the region to remember those who served their country in war.The day marked 101 years since the end of World War I.Among the services held across Far East Gippsland were those held at Orbost Secondary College, the Orbost Cenotaph, and in Mallacoota.Orbost Secondary College held its...