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Gippsland's agricultural producers continue to lead the region’s recovery as they bounce back from years of low productivity and head into more wet and warm conditions, with predictions of increasing demand and prices across most markets and prices.
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STRATFORD resident and nurse Lauren Slayford has worked in a variety of healthcare roles, and has seen first hand the power that education, support and compassion can have on improving the lives of disadvantaged children in the community.
Teaming up with well-known domestic violence advocate Rosie Batty, Lauren and eight others will embark on a six-day trek across the rugged and stunning terrain of the Overland Track in Tasmania this month, raising money to support children recovering from the trauma of abuse and violence.
Under the banner of the Australian Childhood Foundation, the participants are self-funding their passage and stay in Tasmania, and donating all money raised to the foundation.
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MORE people died of overdoses in Wellington Shire at the height of the pandemic last year, with welfare and health experts attributing the increase to pandemic-related stress in the community and the ready availability of new psychoactive drugs and cocaine.
Data from the Coroners’ Court reveals there were four fatal overdoses in Wellington Shire in 2020, an increase from two in 2019.
While the rise appears small, support agencies say any increase is significant.
On average, 2.8 people have fatally overdosed per year in Wellington Shire between 2011 and 2020.
The Healthy Wellington report 2021-2025 reveals high drug use in the shire, with use and possession offences per 1000 population at 5.6, compared to the state average of 5.1.