The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) has grounded 250 of its Mercedes-Benz G-Wagens across the state that were operational during the summer bushfires. The Advertiser has been told the vehicles have been sidelined while awaiting new brake hose replacement systems. There are reportedly no such systems in the country at present. The secretary of the Australian Workers...
A 64-year-old man is in police custody after the discovery of a woman’s body in Bendoc, in far East Gippsland, yesterday morning.Police were called to the town at 3.30am yesterday following reports of an assault.Upon arriving at 6am, they located a deceased female. Homicide squad detectives and major crime scene investigators were enroute to Bendoc at the time of going to print.It’s understood...