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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

‘Eco-tourism retreat’ proposed for Ventnor farm site is test of new rural tourism strategy.

VCAT has approved a 40-unit hotel on Inverloch’s Esplanade but declined a fourth storey and rooftop bar.

One of these names is about to become very familiar to us as the name of the new Cowes cultural centre.

Local community groups have had some wins at the panel hearings into the Bass Coast Distinctive Areas and Landcapes (DAL) project, but there is a long way to go.

Microbrewery ‘no threat’ to Rhyll’s serenity, councillors decide, despite 49 objections.

Unanimous approval for five-storey complex on the old Warley Hospital site.