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Wind gusts keep authorities busy 6 September 2010
PORTLAND State Emergency Service volunteers and police were kept busy during a seven-hour period on the weekend as wind gusts of up to 109km/h brought down trees and powerlines down across wide area of the lower south-west.
Transparency needed
Member for South West Coast Denis Napthine calls on the government to make the dry dock study a public document 6 September 2010
THE Member for South West Coast Denis Napthine has called on the State Government to ensure a taxpayer funded study investigating the potential for a large dry dock at the Port of Portland be immediately released as a public document.
Tugboat provides snapshot 6 September 2010
THE maintenance work being done on the tugboat Yarra at the Port of Portland’s dry dock facilities can provide only a brief snapshot of what a larger dry dock would mean to the Portland district economy.
Repairs started at Point Danger 3 September 2010
THE Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) has started works to repair a wash out that happened last Wednesday at Grants Creek in the Point Danger Reserve.
Dry dock study in limbo 3 September 2010
A TWO-STAGE study showing there is significant demand for a large dry dock at the Port of Portland is in limbo because of a dispute between two parties.
Double win for Portland-raised chef 3 September 2010
A 32-YEAR-OLD chef who was born and raised in Portland is the toast of regional Victorian fine dining this month, winning two prestigious awards from The Age Good Food Guide 2011.
Western District road countdown 2 September 2010
TODAY marks 14 days since The Spectator surveyed 39 ‘road conditions warning signs’ punctuating the deteriorating Glenelg Hwy surface on the 29 kilometres between Coleraine and Casterton.
PALLAS SLAMMED 2 September 2010
A STATE Government announcement of $10 million in road upgrades for the south-west has been slammed as “pre-election exaggeration from Roads Minister Tim Pallas”.
Mayor slams cold-hearted councillors 1 September 2010
THE Glenelg Shire Council has almost doubled the cost of the Planned Activity Groups (PAG) in Portland and Heywood in what was described as a “hard attitude” by Mayor Gilbert Wilson.
NO MERGER
Premier rejects calls to merge CFA and MFB 1 September 2010
PREMIER John Brumby has rejected calls from the United Firefighters Union to have the Country Fire Authority and the Metropolitan Fire Brigade merge.
Labor rolls over in electorate 1 September 2010
THE Australian Labor Party appears to have conceded the marginal electorate of South West Coast to the incumbent Liberal Party member Denis Napthine in the upcoming November 27 state election.
Waterlogged winter 1 September 2010
PORTLAND has seen a cold, wet end to a waterlogged winter with above average rainfall and below average temperatures.
Rural voices loud and clear in bushfire action plan 30 August 2010
FORUMS like the one held in Portland this month to comment on the report from the Bushfire Royal Commission appear to have weighed heavily on decisions announced by the state government on Friday about how to plan for or prevent the next catastrophic Victorian blaze.
Landslip funded 30 August 2010
THE long battle to secure State Government funding to stabilise the Anderson Point landslip area has been won with work expected to start in mid-November.
Orchids aimed at Angling Club 30 August 2010
ORCHIDS grown by Portlanders and other members of the Warrnambool and District Orchid Society will be on display in the Portland Angling Club this weekend.
DISGRACE 28 August 2010
SOUTHERN Grampians Shire Councillor Katrina Rainsford has continued to campaign for urgent repairs to the region’s roads launching a website to draw attention to the issue.
Residents withdraw VCAT appeals 27 August 2010
THE vast majority of West Portland landholders involved in a group appeal at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal against aspects of the district’s reticulated sewerage scheme have agreed to withdraw their objections.
Road washes away 27 August 2010
A SECTION of road near the quarry car park near Portland Aluminium washed into the ocean on Wednesday afternoon.
Helipad push gathers strength 27 August 2010
THE Committee for Portland is set to make a concerted effort in the next two months to assist Portland District Health’s attempts to establish a helipad.
MIS BLOW UP 26 August 2010
THE Liberal Party Hamilton branch president, Peter Small, has denied reports he tried to ‘sink’ his party’s candidate at the weekend’s election by brokering preference deals which were unfavourable to Dan Tehan.
Discovery Auto Group takes over Portland Holden 25 August 2010
DISCOVERY Auto Group, which owns Portland-based Discovery Ford and Surf Coast Nissan, Suzuki and Mahindra, officially took over ownership of Portland Holden and Hyundai last week.
TEHAN WINS
Voters reject suggestions to make Wannon more marginal 25 August 2010
DAN Tehan has defied a mountain of criticism from independent candidates and disgruntled former Liberals to emphatically make Wannon his own at Saturday's federal election.
HPFV trials start
amidst ongoing tensions 25 August 2010
THE first Higher Productivity Freight Vehicle (HPFV) in the much-vaunted state government trial has started operating between Hamilton and Portland.
Labor vote strong in Portland 25 August 2010
THE Labor Party retained its strong following in Portland on Saturday with Judith McNamara winning at three of the city’s four booths in the election for Wannon.
High voltage line is an edge 23 August 2010
THE Committee for Portland’s immediate past chairman and outgoing Port of Portland chief executive officer Scott Paterson believes the 500KV high voltage transmission line to Portland gives the city an advantage in its push to become a renewable energy hub.
Liberals hold steady 23 August 2010
THE Liberal Party looks set to retain the seat of Wannon despite its candidate Dan Tehan recording a primary vote fall of 6.51 per cent during Saturday’s federal election.
New CSIRO report lauds Portland waves 23 August 2010
ALL five companies planning to harness wave energy in Victoria’s south-west are taking heart from a new CSIRO report showing this region is one of the ideal locations for power generation.
Remembering Vietnam 21 August 2010
WEDNESDAY marked a special day for many Hamilton residents, with a Vietnam Veterans Day remembrance service at the Vietnam War Memorial site.
Funding breakthrough 20 August 2010
WEST Portland landholders will gain some financial relief from their contribution to the district’s reticulated sewerage scheme after the State Government committed $767,443 to Wannon Water on Wednesday.
New plan for harnessing wave power 20 August 2010
PORTLAND could become another Cornwall in its capacity for competing wave energy generation systems, according to the managing director of a new entrant company in the crowded renewables field.
South Solitary showing soon 20 August 2010
THE Portland premier of locally-shot Australian movie “South Solitary” at the Star Cinema will double as a fundraiser for the Women’s Service Club.
WIND WEDGE
WIND FARM DIVIDING COMMUNITY 19 August 2010
CONCERNS regarding the effects of the Macarthur Wind Farm have been raised by residents on properties adjoining the site of the $1 billion project.
Use helicopters to remove hazard trees? 18 August 2010
TREES located too close to power lines could be removed quickly and cheaply by a Warrnambool-based helicopter company, if authorities would only give the technology a go.
Independents push for a contest 18 August 2010
KEY independent candidates for Wannon have made a strong pitch to Portland voters to break with tradition and end the Liberal Party’s 55-year grip on the seat.
Second gold star for PDH 18 August 2010
PORTLAND District Health is celebrating a golden performance in risk management after securing a top award for the second year in a row.
FOOD SURVEY
Casterton residents surveyed about access to healthy food 18 August 2010
CASTERTON residents are being surveyed about their access to healthy and affordable food.
Keppel Prince “positive” about wind farm chances 16 August 2010
THE consortium building this hemisphere’s biggest wind farm development at Macarthur has pledged that the 140 towers it uses will be Australian-made, meaning Portland’s Keppel Prince Engineering is in with at least a 50/50 chance of winning a large share of the project’s enormous workload.
Major parties ignore highway upgrade 16 August 2010
THE upgrade of the Princes Hwy between Colac and Rennick is on hold indefinitely with both major political parties paying little more than lip service to pleas from five south-west mayors for urgent federal funding.
Liberal attacks parties over
Independent Youth Allowance 16 August 2010
A LONG-TIME Liberal Party supporter and former parliamentarian has attacked both Labor and the Coalition for ignoring the issue of Independent Youth Allowance.
FULL FORCE 14 August 2010
PLANS to construct the largest wind farm in the southern hemisphere were officially announced in Melbourne on Thursday afternoon at an event to launch the 420 Megawatt project.
No hanky-panky for these whales 11 August 2010
IF we could understand all those beeps and squeaks that whales emit when they visit our shores, the message might well be “When I say no, I MEAN NO.”
Key report still missing 11 August 2010
IT appears likely the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing involving controversial plans for residential development on coastal sand dunes at Narrawong will proceed in late October without the proponent having prepared or finalised a Cultural Heritage Management Plan.
Election forum in Portland 11 August 2010
PORTLAND residents will have the opportunity to hear and quiz Wannon candidates at an election forum on Sunday night.
GET FIT CAMPAIGN 11 August 2010
PEOPLE living in the Glenelg Shire generally do not live as long as other Victorians and they face far more serious health problems compared to the rest of Victoria.
Thousands needed for a bushfire shelter 9 August 2010
SOME Bolwarra and Nelson residents could be required to install fire protection bunkers on their properties at a cost of about $12,000 each, if a recommendation by Victoria’s Emergency Services Commissioner Bruce Esplin becomes law.
Sense of déjà vu at the bay 9 August 2010
FRUSTRATION and disbelief are back on the menu at one of the Glenelg Shire’s tourism jewels — Bridgewater Bay.
Buckle up and put it down or cop it 9 August 2010
FORTY years after the introduction of seatbelts, Victoria Police has launched a clamp down on motorists and passengers who still haven’t got the message and fail to belt-up.
$HIRE PUMPED 7 August 2010
MILLIONS of dollars have been pumped into the Southern Grampians Shire as a result of Sheepvention.
England jailed with reduced sentence 7 August 2010
PORTLANDER Marcus Richard England will spend the next four months behind bars after being re-sentenced on appeal in the Geelong County Court on Tuesday.
Mercy dash hit hero hard 6 August 2010
RESCUING a man from rocks near Cape Nelson in April resulted in a Portland fisherman being without his fishing boat and source of income for more than seven weeks.
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