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SOUTH West Healthcare, which provides mental health services to Portland patients, has vowed there will still be after hours face-to-face services even after changes to the present roster arrangements have been implemented. Director Caroline Byrne confirmed that changes were to … Continue reading
GLENELG Shire Council has promised it will actively negotiate with Ryans’ Portland to find a new site for the company’s truck depot after it rejected the Learmonth St proposal. The shire’s Delegated Planning Committee unanimously voted to deny an application … Continue reading
AUSTRALIANS who have served their nation on or under the seas will be the special focus this year as Portland and district prepares for Anzac Day commemorations on Thursday. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Royal Australian Navy. … Continue reading
TWO Cape Bridgewater homeowners have said they disagree with Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber that there’s been no decline in the value of property near wind farms, pointing out that many owners have given up on the idea of selling … Continue reading
VICTORIAN Opposition planning spokesman Brian Tee has used a visit toPortlandto charge that the future of 35,000 Victorian jobs, perhaps up to a thousand of them in Glenelg Shire, could be lost through what he calls the Coalition government’s “bloody-minded … Continue reading
“LET’S all play a D chord now,” bandmaster Emma Thompson requests, perhaps more with hope than confidence. Three new aspirants to the ranks of Portland’s brass players play the chord. They are among a group that meets every Tuesday evening … Continue reading
TO make a career for yourself in health and all its allied professions, you’ll need an advanced university degree, right? As dozens of south-west students are now discovering, the answer is … not necessarily. According to employment specialists, a growing … Continue reading
A CAPE Bridgewater home owner, who also lives in the north east Melbourne suburb of Eltham, has charged that governments have not done sufficient and thorough planning for catastrophic bushfires. Tim Malseed has co-authored a new paper withMonashUniversitybushfire expert David … Continue reading
ADVOCATES for the Kanawinka Geopark, from Colac through south-western Victoria and south-east South Australia, have vowed to keep promoting the concept and its tourism implications, despite losing official UNESCO global status. After failing to carry out a scheduled review, UNESCO … Continue reading
A SURPRISINGLY large turnout of 29 community leaders from two municipalities met this week at Active Health Portland to discuss how best to deal with drug and alcohol programs within Glenelg and Southern Grampians shires. Southern Grampians Drug Treatment Service … Continue reading
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