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When my elderly parents decided to sell everything and leave their very full life in regional Victoria to retire to Bali, my siblings and I were worried. 

As the world waits for the verdict on whether the WikiLeaks founder will be extradited to the US, his father John Shipton says Australia should consider imposing "not too brutal" restrictions on our allies.

East Gippsland communities hit by the Black Summer bushfires are planting trees with low flammability to reduce the risk of radiant heat and embers destroying homes and other assets.

Domestic violence support services say they are stretched to the brink and need more resources to keep up with "inventive" abusers who know how to work the system.

Under a new licensing agreement, more Victorian water is being returned to Gippsland's Gunaikurnai traditional owners in a bid to further strengthen their connection to country.

A new native "skeleton shrimp" species has been recognised by scientists after a fisherman caught thousands of the tiny invertebrates in the Gippsland Lakes.

A Gippsland coastal town is hosting a national sailing championship that has become a well-worn pathway for future Olympic sailors. 

Metung is hosting the week-long 2023 Australian 420 Championships. Young sailors from across the country have gathered in the Gippsland coastal town to compete. The budding sailors hope this will lead them to a spot in the Olympics.

Promising results from two separate projects to encourage shellfish in the Gippsland Lakes are bolstering hopes of better water quality and commercial industry potential.

With Victoria's regional road toll on the rise - fatalities on country roads up by a third on last year - it's hoped a new trial of glow-in-the-dark road markings will make a difference. Natasha Schapova reports.

Glow-in-the-dark roads are being trialled in Eastern Victoria with experts predicting the technology could improve road safety.

A Gippsland retiree is in the process of creating his own novelty empire after building the first Roman fort in Australia on his property. And he has big plans for its future.

Ongoing COVID disruptions, supply chain issues, and wet weather have all contributed to delays in the opening of the new Metung Hot Springs facility in East Gippsland.

After a tumultuous decade of droughts, fires, floods and COVID, East Gippsland is experiencing a tourism boom.

Authorities are urging people to avoid swimming in lakes adjacent to Metung, Paynesville, Eagle Point, Newlands Arm, and Wattle Point on the eve of the school holidays after an algae outbreak.

A mix of surprise, stoicism and anger greet Victoria's snap regional lockdown as case numbers go up in Shepparton.

For plenty of pubs, tourism operators and restaurants in regional Victoria, COVID-19 restrictions are pretty well business as usual at this point. Here's how they're faring.

One GP says he's not expecting patients to rush to get the AstraZeneca vaccine "just because the PM spoke on TV", while pharmacists say they are being underutilised, putting lives at risk.

The Metung Hot Springs will open next summer and locals expect it to attract thousands of tourists to East Gippsland year round.

A virtual agricultural show goes some way to filling the void left by mass cancellations due to the pandemic.

A Victorian man is jailed for buying drugs, including cocaine and MDMA, on the dark web and having them posted to a small, coastal town.

Gippsland accommodation providers are turning visitors away during the lucrative school holidays due to the new outbreak of COVID-19 in Melbourne.

An investigation clears Rodney Higgins of wrongdoing after he was accused by the Shadow Attorney General of lacking judicial independence during his relationship with a young court clerk.

With hundreds of fish tagged to denote cash prizes still up for grabs, anglers are making the trip to fire-affected parts of Gippsland and north-east Victoria.

As Victoria faces another horror day of fires, thousands of people who have fled the blazes have woken up in unfamiliar beds, uncertain if their lives will ever return to normal. But an overwhelming display of community spirit is making that shock just a little easier to bear.