THERE’S a bright new feature at Nuns’ beach, and it’s also hoped it will brighten the days of some visitors to the area. The Portland beach “library” contains sand-play toys rather than the traditional books, and is the brainchild of Portland North Primary School students – with the assistance of an internet search – student […]

PENSHURST Cup tickets are officially on sale, but some devices cannot access the Country Racing Victoria site.

THE Hamilton Kangaroos have continued their impressive recruiting period, gaining the services of Cameron Pither and Tom Scott for the 2021 Hampden Football Netball League (HFNL) season. Pither is returning from an ACL injury from his time at Monash Blues in the Victorian Amateur Football Association. Subscribe to read full story.

WHILE most Australians stay locked inside the country’s borders, one Hamilton local has crossed the Pacific to the United States, pursuing a career on healthcare’s frontlines. Although busy working as a paramedic, Nick Bensch caught up with The Spectator this week to explain how and why he went from Australia to New Orleans, Louisiana, this […]

THE Moyne Shire will undertake its own background noise monitoring around Hawkesdale, after community members raised concerns about the independence of the monitoring done by the Hawkesdale Wind Farm proponent.

NARRAWONG is one of the fastest-growing parts of Glenelg Shire, and while it is proving a popular destination, it is not without growing pains. And one of those has been the state of some of the roads in and around the settlement. A group of residents have raised the issue through a letter from one […]

PORTLAND Aluminium is a step closer to survival after the federal government announced it would underwrite the money the smelter loses over the next four years when it powers down on days electricity use surges. While its long-term future is still dependent on a power deal, which at least one observer believes could be announced […]

THE job market is expected to boom in the Grampians region with over 1000 new roles likely to be available in the next five years.

A 38-YEAR-OLD Craigieburn woman died when she fell from the Boroka Lookout in the Grampians on Saturday afternoon. Victoria Police will begin to prepare a report for the corner this week after she slipped on a barrier about 3pm. SES and police retrieved the woman's body from the scene after about six hours. Her death […]

HAMILTON’S lack of services for homeless people has complicated an already punishing issue for many homeless people in south-west Victoria, including Graeme Robertson.