THE new urgent care centre at Leongatha Hospital has received the thumbs up from a leading Melbourne health administrator. Gippsland Southern Health Service’s acting CEO Mark Petty said he has seen “10 to 12 urgent care centres and this is the most elaborate.” “The urgent care centre did not exist at the old hospital. It’s […]
RATEPAYERS have unleashed a fiery attack on South Gippsland Shire Council, claiming they are being charged excessive rates while council refuses to slash costs. They say council is spending too much money on staff, Coal Creek Community Park and Museum, and caravan parks while demanding ratepayers foot the rising bill. Those anxieties were raised during […]
THE success stories of Gippsland were shown to a delegation of Melbourne-based consuls general recently. Visitors explored Phillip Island Nature Park, Burra Foods in Korumburra, Wild Dog Winery in Warragul, GippsAero in Morwell, the Gippsland Water Factory at Marvale, Australian Paper in Maryvale, and Loy Yang Power Station. Presentations on industry profiles and export destinations […]
NICK Bollettieri has trained 10 world number one tennis players. Now has he trained Jack Clements, a 13 year old rising star from Inverloch. Jack recently took part in the IMG Academy Bollettieri Tennis Camp and tournament in the United States of America, learning from the top coach and playing against some of the best […]
LEONGATHA Officesmart is celebrating the end of the financial year with its annual mid-year sale. The sale will run until July 6. For the best value in stationary, this sale has all your office supplies covered. There are great bargains and all requirements are catered for. Many specials are on offer including Victory paper for […]
ONE of Leongatha’s favourites around the club Kristian ‘Pistol’ Gray ran out for his 300th senior appearance on Saturday. Pistol joined the ranks of the seniors in 1996 after first playing at junior level with the club for several years from 1992. The entire 300 games have been played in the reserves. According to Pistol […]
A MYSTERIOUS helicopter circled Leongatha several times last Wednesday before coming in to land at the state of the heart helipad at Leongatha Hospital. Inside the helicopter were designers from PSNK Aeronautical Service who had flown in from Canberra to check the requirements of the helipad before signing the final documents. Gippsland Southern Health Service […]
AN ACID leak at Murray Goulburn’s Leongatha factory drew firefighters from as far as Traralgon last Wednesday. The incident was attended by 10 CFA trucks from Wonthaggi, Morwell, Traralgon, Korumburra, Mirboo North, Leongatha and Ruby at 7.45pm. CFA District 9 regional officer David Chugg said crew contained the small amount of hydrochloric acid to […]
