JOY BUTTON explains why the Grantville nurse practitioner service means so much to her community.

This year, there will be 72 “quiet” days at the Phillip Island racetrack. The other 293 will be loud, louder and very loud. CATHERINE WATSON reports.

ON A very cold and wet July night, more than 80 people filled the Grantville Hall to find a way to retain a nurse practitioner service for the Waterline and Hinterland communities, writes Helen Zervopoulos

Roger Clark went to Greyhound Safety Net’s winter lunch at Lang Lang reserve to find out about the transition of retired racing greyhounds. ​

The problem with the carbon tax, writes Greg Hunt, is that it didn’t work. The Environment Minister and Flinders MP answers his critics. ​

Give most MPs half an opening and they’ll browbeat you about their achievements for their electorate, but Bass MP Ken Smith proves unusually modest.

A three-storey development in a one-storey township has residents crying foul, writes Veronica Dowman.

Last summer, more than 3000 people signed petitions to the council against a daytime curfew for dogs on Bass Coast beaches. , writes Catherine Watson. Meanwhile Bass Coast’s $65 million draft budget attracted just two submissions.

We all know that many of the best conversations happen round the kitchen table, and that’s where the Voice for Indi started, writes Bass Coast Mayor Neil Rankine.

IN FEBRUARY this year, 12 young mothers - the Swell Mamas - and their children met on the Inverloch beach for the start of a great adventure that would change all their lives.

TIM SHANNON asks why Phillip Islanders would want to walk away from engaging with their region just as things are changing for the better.

Mal McCann took just 10 minutes to persuade a roomful of sceptical Phillip Islanders that the island didn’t need a hospital.

The federal budget means the almost certain demise of Landcare, writes Anne Davie, and local MP and Environment Minister Greg Hunt should have known better. ​

Dredging for the Port of Hastings could be calamitous for Phillip Island, writes JEFF NOTTLE.

Several Waterline communities went from open access to our beaches for dogs on a leash to access only for very restricted hours of the day, writes Joy Button

With the Victorian premier espousing the “Shanghai of the South” for Western Port, an academic study published 35 years ago has new relevance. ​ By Anne Paul AS A student in the 1980s, I used Dilemma...

When Bass Coast councillors voted to trial a new time exclusion for dogs on Inverloch beaches this summer, the debate became red-hot. We hear from two corners of the debate via Jordan Crugnale and Inverloch resident and dog lover Hendrika T.

As Wonthaggi looks towards a new status as one of the state’s “growth centres”, Neil Rankine says we have a rare opportunity to ensure we attract the right sort of development and reinvigorate the town...

Under siege by a family obsessed with cleanliness, Lis Williams suddenly feels sympathy for her own mother.

JOY BUTTON delves into Coronet Bay’s history and discovers some wonderful characters, not least among a new garden group, the Horticultural Healers.