A BASS Coast couple wanting to offer joy flights has been given the all clear by the Victorian Civil and Administrative tribunal.

VETERAN community activist Clare Le Serve has announced she will run as an independent candidate for Bass in the November state election.

THE National Trust’s Victorian branch is calling for urgent protection of the old St Paul’s Boys Home in Newhaven, which it describes as one of the region's most significant heritage places.

THE State Government has identified the McBride campus of the Wonthaggi Secondary College as the site for a cultural precinct incorporating a regional gallery, principal library and convention centre.

UP TO 50 Bass Coast Council staff may lose their jobs as the council seeks to cut costs by sharing administrative services with three other Gippsland councils.

Fines of $100,000 mooted for landowners who encroach on foreshore reserves.

Better public transport, a new Cowes jetty and a government department or service in Wonthaggi are among 10 priorities the council will pursue with the state and federal governments.

A medicinal cannabis factory in Wonthaggi will create around 20 local jobs and provide new opportunities for local farmers, according to managing director Warren Everitt

LAST Friday’s announcement of a $115 million upgrade for Wonthaggi Hospital caught even Bass Coast Health CEO Jan Child by surprise.

PLANS to rename our federal electorate as Monash have upset locals who say it’s time for an Aboriginal name.

Premier Daniel Andrews and Health Minister Jill Hennessy have announced a $115 million expansion Wonthaggi Hospital.

A WONTHAGGI developer has been accused of playing roulette with residents of Reed Crescent after he once again failed to produce relevant documents.

THE Cowes jetty is back on the table as a possible terminal for a car ferry service to the Mornington Peninsula.

BASS Coast is noted for its bracing winters rather than sunshine but that hasn’t deterred a company proposing to establish a 30 megawatt solar farm on the outskirts of Wonthaggi.

A STRETCH of beachfront between Mussel Rocks and the Cowes Yacht Club is the preferred site for a terminal and pier for a car ferry connecting Phillip Island with the Mornington Peninsula.

Victorian Auditor-General says Cr Les Larke’s concerns about Bass Coast Council’s accounting practices are based on a misunderstanding of the nature and purpose of parts of the balance sheet.

SAN Remo police are seeking witnesses to an incident in which two people terrorised a Coronet Bay woman.

FORMER Bass Coast mayor Jordan Crugnale has been selected as the ALP candidate for Bass in next year’s state election.

PLANS for a four-storey, 22-apartment building on the Cowes Esplanade were knocked back at Wednesday’s council meeting despite an officer’s report recommending that approval be granted.

MCMILLAN Liberal MP Russell Broadbent will not be voting to legalise same-sex marriage despite overwhelming support for marriage equality within the McMillan electorate.