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“It’s too dry to sow”: Gippsland farmers months behind schedule

“It’s too dry to sow”: Gippsland farmers months behind schedule

With water catchments under strain and crop planting months behind schedule, anomalies in weather are shifting opinion in the agricultural community.

Jacob Wallace
EnergyEnergy
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WATCH: Is Gippsland at the centre of an energy revolution?

WATCH: Is Gippsland at the centre of an energy revolution?

The Monitor attended the Gippsland New Energy Conference in Traralgon this week to speak with community leadersabout the shift to renewables.

Jacob Wallace
Bass Coast ShireBass Coast Shire
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Bass Coast Shire forced to approve new builds despite risk of sea level rise and flooding

Bass Coast Shire forced to approve new builds despite risk of sea level rise and flooding

One councillor warned properties may be "uninsurable and underwater within our lifetimes”.

Jacob Wallace
EnvironmentEnvironment
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Inverloch Beach: Disappearing dunes, a sinking surf club and the sandbag solution

Inverloch Beach: Disappearing dunes, a sinking surf club and the sandbag solution

150,000 cubic metres of sand needed to try and save this section of Gippsland's coastline.

Jacob Wallace
EnvironmentEnvironment
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Councillor calls for urgent action before houses "fall into the ocean"

Councillor calls for urgent action before houses "fall into the ocean"

“People are dumb enough to build houses [that will] fall into the ocean”

Jacob Wallace