Can you help?

Can you help?

A variety of volunteer roles need to be filled as winter shelter prepares to open.

Aldred takes Monash

Aldred takes Monash

Mary Aldred has been declared the new MP for Monash just in time to make it to the Liberal Party’s ballot for a new leader in Canberra today.

Aldred close to target

Aldred close to target

​After an election full of twists and turns, the battle for the seat of Monash appears headed for a traditional shootout between the major parties.

Still counting

Still counting

FOUR days after the election and there is still no result for the Monash electorate and no indication of how the preferences are flowing.

Patriots get the wrong independent

Patriots get the wrong independent

The Trumpet of Patriots Party is hastily reprinting their How to Vote cards for the Monash electorate after preferencing the wrong independent.

$123m budget open for comment

$123m budget open for comment

BASS Coast Shire Council’s draft 2025-26 budget reveals total income of $123 million, including $61.6 million in rate revenue and $18.9 million in waste charges.

Beach bags steady as a rock

Beach bags steady as a rock

Seven Silverleaves families are sleeping a lot easier this week after emergency dune works to stabilise the beach in front of their houses.

​Shelter from the storm

​Shelter from the storm

IT'S been a long time in the planning and a shelter for homeless people is finally going to open in Bass Coast.

Let the bidding begin

Let the bidding begin

After years of being ignored by both major parties, Monash voters can expect to see some election promises coming our way.

​Tigers make a splash

​Tigers make a splash

A RICHMOND Football Club subsidiary will replace the YMCA as manager of Bass Coast’s leisure centres from July 1.

No go for sand company

No go for sand company

Council rejects plans to widen Stanley Road in Grantville for sand trucks to service a new quarry.

​ALP announces candidate

​ALP announces candidate

Kilcunda resident Tully Fletcher, a director at Deloitte Australia, has been selected as the federal Labor candidate for Monash.

Count me in, says Broadbent

Count me in, says Broadbent

The seat of Monash is shaping as a thriller with Independent MP Russell Broadbent announcing he’ll have another go at the age of 74.

Local boost for cancer patients

Local boost for cancer patients

Wonthaggi’s cancer centre provided over 1000 cancer treatments last year, sparing patients the emotional, physical and financial toll of travelling for treatment.

Fire and rain

Fire and rain

The community will come together in the Gurdies Nature Conservation Reserve on Saturday for a ritual of loss and renewal.

Cape boundary capped

Cape boundary capped

THE Cape Paterson community is celebrating tonight after winning a decade-long battle against a massive expansion of their coastal village.