The Latest Breaking News from Gippsland

Farmers in remote Gippsland are having trouble getting trucks to their properties, with a key road still closed nearly 12 months after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake.

When key figures in Australia's renewable energy industry met in Victoria last week, finding and training up the future clean energy workforce was top of the agenda.

There are five wind farms planned off the Gippsland coast and they're all waiting for a key federal government declaration to start on-water works.

Traralgon-based Barrier Breakers votes to go into liquidation, citing the lack of government funding for its demise.

Irrigation could costs these Gippsland dairy farmers up to $80,000 a year. But a large investment in renewable energy has slashed that — and the system could pay for itself in just seven years.

When John Dickie spotted a pod of about 15 orcas while captaining his whale-watching boat off Kilcunda on the coast of Gippsland, he knew it was special, but he did not realise he was capturing the first known sighting of the Type C orca in Victorian waters.

A Gippsland artist says he couldn't believe when he saw a home that had intrigued him since childhood hit the market. He bought it the day after a quick viewing and hasn't looked back.

More than 400 clients and 61 staff members face an uncertain future when a Gippsland mental health support service closes its doors for the final time today.

Former South Gippsland Shire councillor Jeremy Rich appears in court charged with 22 counts of animal cruelty after allegedly failing to care for sheep that later died from flystrike.