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The Seismology Research Centre has installed an aftershock station to monitor the continuing movement of the Governor fault around where the 22 September earthquake occurred. Information gathered helps identify future risk areas and fault line locations. Picture:  Seismology Research Centre (facebook.com)

Without local volunteers, Fires don’t get fought, Ambulances are absent, the op-shop closes, and our Community Committees collapse. Why? Because there is no ‘Somebody Else’ prepared to give back to the community in which we live. Gippsland’s ABC has the story. Worker shortages across the region have extended to Gippsland’s volunteer army, with emergency services,…

Australia’s telephone warning system, Emergency Alert, is being improved to ensure you continue to receive important information during emergencies. As part of this process, the new system will be tested in Victoria on August 5 and August 6. If you receive one of these test messages (via SMS or an automated phone call), you do…