Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Co-Operative (GEGAC), in Bairnsdale is now offering the Pfizer vaccine to the Aboriginal community. Previously GEGAC was just vaccinating with the AstraZeneca vaccine, but now the Pfizer jab is available, many in the community are expected to opt to have it. From this week, Pfizer is available for all Gippsland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people...

It’s official: audiences have set new attendance records for any theatre production in East Gippsland’s history, as Bairnsdale Production Line Theatre Company celebrates the runaway success of Mamma Mia! the musical during May. The cheerful jukebox musical more than lived up to expectations, with attendance figures for the first night, first week and the entire 10-show season overwhelming all...

Frustration is growing over the regular interruptions to traffic on the Great Alpine Road between Bruthen and Ensay as work continues to stabilise the steep cliff face from landslides.  Last week the road was closed for several hours at Tambo Crossing after a landslip sent rocks and earth spilling onto the road overnight on Monday. It was about 5am when the alarm was raised and about three...

Gunshots heard from 8am this morning signalled the opening of the 2021 duck hunting season. But this year’s season has been slashed, including cuts to hours, bag numbers and days, and needless to say hunters aren’t happy. Hunters believe the Game Management Authority (GMA), responsible for the regulation of game hunting in Victoria, is on a political course to restrict duck hunting, regardless...

East Gippsland has moved from holding the number one spot for family violence in the Gippsland region to third placing. Crime dashboard statistics the Advertiser has seen, collated from 79 local government areas across Victoria, now places Wellington at the top of the list. Wellington recorded 3283 family violence incidents until the end of December 2020, followed by Latrobe with 3245 and East...