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Newsletter: Is this Gippsland’s best waterfall?

Plus: How much to fill a mine pit?

Newsletter

Latrobe City demands compensation as coal mines claim water equal to five Sydney Harbours

The shire is the only region in the country with three open-cut pits within 30km radius, and they will all be turned into lakes over the next 30 years.

Environment

Mount Baw Baw ski business facing huge losses after warmest winter on record cruels snow season

“When it's four or five weeks shorter than expected, it's absolutely devastating financially.”

Local business

Nine scenic Gippsland waterfalls worth checking out this spring

The Latrobe Valley offers some spectacular views of cascading creeks and vast gorges.

Lifestyle

One in 40 Gippsland residents now seek homelessness services as the number of affordable rentals drop

The rise in housing stress is leading to households sacrificing meals and poorer health outcomes.

Housing

Port Anthony pivots from Bass Strait gas rigs to offshore wind maintenance

For the last decade, the family-owned dock has been chatting to developers about becoming a permanent hub for the industry.

South Gippsland Shire

Newsletter: Blue wrens & data centres

Plus: Nine fascinating Gippsland buildings.

Newsletter

Three Gippsland shires miss emergency ambulance targets as paramedics get stuck in hospital queues

“We just don't have the resources to be able to get to all of those cases in the right time frame.”

Healthcare

Here are nine old buildings in Gippsland with fascinating stories to check out

Tour the region's architectural past with hotels, courthouses and a dilapidated milk factory.