Jannette Langley has put herself forward as the Australian Labor Party’s candidate for the Federal seat of Gippsland. Mrs Langley, who was raised in the Latrobe Valley, will be pitted against the current sitting member for Gippsland, Darren Chester, at the next Federal election, expected sometime this year, but yet to be announced. During a visit to Bairnsdale in December, Mrs Langley indicated...

A police operation is underway across East Gippsland’s caravan parks and campsites. Codenamed, 'Operation Esky’, it will see a highly visible police presence in the region’s major holiday destination hotspots. Traditionally, during the Christmas-New Year period, East Gippsland plays host to a significant number of visitors. The focus for police is to conduct high volume, high visibility police...

Beef producer, Chris Commins, remembers the horror of the Black Summer bushfires like they were yesterday. Mr Commins, who resides on farmland near Ensay, also has a landholding stocked with cattle at Wingan River, between Cann River and Genoa in Far East Gippsland. The bushfires which impacted Mallacoota two years ago also affected his Wingan River property about 30 minutes northwest of the...

Locals residents living on the Limestone Road at Benambra have called for it to be fully sealed to prevent dust enveloping their farms. Sharon Firebrace and Graeme Sinnott live on a sprawling property on Limestone Road, about 20 kilometres from the Benambra township, and have had enough of their farm being enveloped by dust from the road every time a vehicle drives by. They want the dirt road...

Omeo has a new art gallery which is sure to prove a drawcard for visitors to the High Country town. The gallery will showcase the work of East Gippsland artists. It’s owned by Sharon Parker, who has had years of experience in rallying artists and presenting their work.Ms Parker, originally from the Northern Territory, was instrumental in establishing the Parslow Street Studios in Melbourne’s...