Articles by Alex Baird

  • Mick reflects on time in Tassie

    Tassie footy nostalgia resurfaces every time Mick Mahoney and Matt McCartin have an audience during the most important day of the year on the family calendar.

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  • Nelso’s brew brings big bucks

    A $280 cup of coffee has given Apollo Bay’s Dave Nelson bragging rights over experts in the trade and added valuable funds to a program the much-loved teacher put years of hard work into.

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  • State Government backs stance on GORCAPA

    The State Government is backing GORCAPA’s current structure to meet the demands of communities like Apollo Bay along the coast.

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  • Opposition leader to meet with Bay locals

    Polwarth MP Richard Riordan says key Apollo Bay stakeholders will meet with the Victorian opposition leader next week to discuss concerns about GORCAPA’s management of community assets along the coast.

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  • CFA captain praises crew after Bay house fire

    Apollo Bay fire captain Dave Howell has praised his volunteer crew for working through the night to monitor a blaze which destroyed a family’s home deep along the Barham River Road.

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  • Apollo Bay lobby group ponders new name

    Apollo Bay’s new community action group could have a name later this month, with suggestions for its title ramping up.

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  • Wannon MP Dan Tehan met with Apollo Bay community campaigner Sally Cannon to collect a petition of 574 signatures in support of underground powerlines for him to take back to Canberra.

    Backing for buried powerlines

    Wannon MP Dan Tehan says an Apollo Bay-led petition pushing for underground powerlines can hopefully spark more debate to help communities with similar issues achieve the same goal.

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  • Federal MP demands coast policy rethink

    Wannon MP Dan Tehan has weighed in on the Apollo Bay-GORCAPA stoush, saying State Government should take responsibility for current issues along the coastal town’s foreshore.

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