After a resounding collective NO! to a $32 million scheme to seal, pave and drain Surf Beach and Sunderland Bay, more than 130 property owners are requesting road upgrades.

After a resounding no to the grand plan to seal, pave and drain Surf Beach Sunderland Bay, desperate residents are now seeking upgrades in single roads.

IT’S only just gone out for public consultation but Bass Coast’s housing strategy and neighbourhood character study is already having an impact.

Wonthaggi’s growth spares the rest of the shire, but not everyone is happy about it.

Cape Paterson community is cautiously optimistic that with strong council support it will finally win a decade-long battle to stop a massive expansion of the township.

Entrepreneur joins forces with conservationists on Holden Proving Ground.

Bass Coast Shire Council today received the green light for massive new estates on the north side of town that will eventually house more than 12,000 people.

After five months, 25 applications and an exhaustive interview process, Bass Coast councillors have chosen one of our own as the new council CEO.

“A disgrace ... charlatans of the worst order ... dirty money …” Cr Michael Whelan explains why Bass Coast Shire Council should give the big four banks the flick.

Council will review its urban roads and drainage policy following overwhelming rejection of Surf Beach Sunderland Bay scheme

A racing car ride and swimming were on the wishlist of residents of Griffiths Point Lodge.

Anne Davie waited 31 years for her vision of a cultural centre for Phillip Island to become a reality.

Bass Coast mayoral elections are usually unanimous, with councillors having done the numbers before the public meeting. This one went down to the wire, with the tensions there for all to see.

Renegade Liberal MP Russell Broadbent had one more trick up his sleeve after the Liberal Party called time on his political career. He quit the party.

​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.