“LIKE the residents in a valley watching a bushfire approaching …” That was how Cr Tim O’Brien’s described coastal residents as he pressed for stronger action on beach erosion at Inverloch and Silverleaves.

COUNCILLORS have mooted a parking offset scheme to slug developers after a San Remo commercial development was granted a full parking waiver.

AFTER two terms as Deputy Mayor of Bass Coast, Cr Rochelle Halstead has been elected as Bass Coast Mayor today at the first public meeting of the new council.

It’s been a week of total immersion for Bass Coast’s new councillors. Behind the scenes it’s been equally busy with mayoral candidates doing the numbers.

PICAL will survive but it’s worth trying to understand how this trusted institution came so close to failing.

The new Cowes Cultural Centre has been awarded a national architecture prize, celebrating fine design and the importance of connection to country and community.

Bass Coast has a new team of councillors to manage our affairs over the next four years, including six new councillors.

THREE sitting councillors have won re-election in the Bass Coast Council election, one has been dumped and the fate of two hangs in the balance.

COWES will be transformed into a pedestrian-friendly township that fully embraces its historic foreshore, with $8 million in new Federal Government funding announced today for the council’s Cowes Foreshore Precinct project.

Bass Coast Health’s CEO Jan Child has stepped down after eight tumultuous years during which she transformed local health services.

Bass Coast’s woodlands will no longer be considered a priority sand mining area for the state.

While Phillip Island Community and Learning (PICAL) may be forced to wind up, funding and support agencies have moved quickly to ensure crucial services will continue.

Bass Coast Health has secured $5 million in State Government funding towards building hotel-style accommodation for key health workers and their families on vacant land behind Wonthaggi Hospital.

AFTER three progressive councils, the pendulum could be about to swing for Bass Coast Shire Council.

Bass Coast Council goes into the property business – but not to make a profit.

$54 million plan for Mahers Landing gets a bad rap.

Berninneit - the new Cowes Cultural Centre - has won Victoria’s highest accolade in the public category of the Victorian Architecture Awards, announced last Friday night. The new Cowes Cultural and Community Centre was the jury’s unanimous choice for wh

Bass Coast volunteers were honoured for their leadership at the second annual Bass Coast Community Awards at Berninneit last week.

Almost one in five Bass Coast voters will change wards at the next council election.

After 10 years of cantankerous debate, the third and final stage of Inverloch’s beachside pathway is cleared for take off, though it won’t please everyone.