​TWO out of three Bass Coast voters voted NO in the referendum on a First Nations voice to Parliament, well above the state average of 55 per cent and the Australian average of 60 per cent.

CREATIVE designs for the $18 million first phase of the Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail showcase six sites celebrating the polar dinosaurs that inhabited the region 125 million years ago.

$85m waterfront hotel brings back a touch of glamour to seaside town.

Bass Coast has joined the ranks of Victorian councils that have formally endorsed a Yes vote, but it was a close call.

Berninneit ... get used to saying and hearing it because we’re going to be using it a lot.

AFTER all the tumult and the noise about Surf Beach and Sunderland Bay upgrades, it’s now up to the affected ratepayers to make the final decision.

Residents of the Inverloch estate are waiting for the next move in the long-running battle for their wetlands.

Councillors call for government guidance on how to handle coastal development in an age of climate change.

A PROPOSED ‘eco-tourist resort’ at Kitty Miller Bay has been unanimously rejected by Bass Coast councillors.

BASS Coast councillor Bruce Kent resigned today, following criticism of his minimal input into council affairs over the past six months.

The Friends of the State Coal Mine are over the moon at today’s announcement of a $1.5 million bailout to restore Wonthaggi’s historic State Coal Mine and reopen underground tours.

Our departing council CEO reflects on the good, the bad and the memorable in Bass Coast.

Some of Bass Coast’s councillors seem to have lost interest in the job. Catherine Watson reports

THREE senior council staff will get a chance to show their leadership style until a new permanent replacement is chosen for Bass Coast's current Chief Executive Officer Ali Wastie.

A SECRET plan by Bass Coast Shire Council to host an athletes’ village at the Silverwater Resort was scuppered by the State Government’s to cancel the 2026 Victorian Commonwealth Games.

Emergency works will begin to stabilise the beach after winter storm surges eroded dunes and left houses at risk of inundation.

Living next to the Bunnings big build, Mark Robertson has endured six months of chaos. Now they’ve misplaced his driveway.

Our loss is Geelong’s gain as Ali Wastie headhunted to sort out troubled council.

One four-year-old has attended just two full days at his Newhaven kinder this term with the rest of the sessions either cancelled or shortened.

A proposed ‘eco-tourist resort’ at Ventnor that has attracted over 110 objections is shaping up as a test of Bass Coast’s new rural tourism strategy.