The devastating bushfires that impacted Mallacoota on New Year’s Eve highlighted a multitude of shortcomings in critical services in the remote community, the most pressing being a significant lack of housing and emergency accommodation.The Miva Hall at the Mallacoota District Health and Support Service (MDHSS), among other places, became a temporary home for displaced residents, many with high...

The Rotary Club of Lakes Entrance had its first face-to-face meeting since the second COVID-19 wave last week to celebrate Mike Anketell’s 50 years as a Rotarian.Fifty people attended the dinner at Wyanga Winery. By using inside rooms and outside areas, all of the COVID-19 restrictions were met.Rotary’s District Governor, Mark Humphries, presented Mike with a letter from the international...