SOUTH WEST LOCAL NEWS- WEDNESDAY JULY 1ST-2026

This morning on south west local news

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a truck rollover on hopkins highway with some carried livestock euthanised  

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busy petrol stations before the fuel excise is rmoved april 1st

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council statement relesed speaking on the stalled works on portfairy footpath

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and in sport

mortlake export Georgia Wareham reaches woman’s cricket world cup finals

Transcript

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This morning on Southwest Local News, a truck rollover on Hopkins Highway with some carried livestock euthanized. Busy petrol stations before the fuel excise is removed April 1st. Council statement released, speaking on the stalled works on Port Ferry Foot Park. And in sport Mortlake Export, Georgia Wareham reaches Women's Cricket World Cup Finals.

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Live from Silver Ball Studios in Warnerford. This is Southwest Local News with Jana Rogers.

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Good morning and welcome to Southwest Local News. The Busy Hopkins Highway closed for a period early this afternoon after a truck rollover around 1 p.m. The truck was carrying cattle and driving from the north before turning right into the highway into Bridge Road. The scene was attended by emergency services. The driver of the truck was taken to hospital with an arm injury. A number of cattle were euthanized at the scene. Police will investigate the cause of the rollover. Members of the community have been lobbying for more safety measures at this corner, considering it is an accident hotspot. Removing the fuel excise equated to a 32 cents a litre saving. This saving has remained for the last three months, but the government has reimposed half of the cost, 16 cents per litre from today. The average price of unleaded in Warnerville before today was 156.0 per litre, and that is likely to rise in the coming days as old stock is sold out. Moyne Shire Council has released a statement regarding the stalled works to construct a footpath along Ocean Drive in Port Ferry. Work stopped in the second half of 2024 with the Department of Premier and Cabinet investigating an area of cultural heritage sensitivity. In the statement from Moyne, Deputy Mayor Myra Marahee said Council continues to undertake regular site inspections of the Ocean Drive Works area to maintain safety and presentation. She said Council resolved to discontinue the Ocean Drive Footpath Project and rehabilitate the entire work zone. Council is working through the approval processes required to undertake works on the site. This is behind the state satisfaction level in this category, which sits at an average of 54%. Drilling further down, data shows the main concern for 61% of people surveyed on the sealed roads was potholes. Moyne councillors signed off on their 2026-2027 budget on Tuesday with funding announced for roads. The allocation of $17.1 million for local road and bridge network is part of the budget.

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Moinshire has approximately 1,620 kilometres of sealed roads on a resealing cycle of around 14 years, and that requires, as mentioned earlier, my question to Mr. Arnett, 120 kilometres of resealing per year to maintain the network. We're currently about 30 kilometres a year beneath that. Roads that are not maintained deteriorate faster, thus shifting work from relatively affordable resealing to far more expensive rehabilitation or from reconstruction. And this is not just theoretical. The recent community satisfaction survey showed road condition is a top priority for residents. 61% of respondents nominated potholes on seal roads as the highest priority for improvement, with poor surface condition also receiving strong concern. Shoulders, safety, drainage, and vegetation management were further issues raised.

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The Warnebo train was diverted to go to Melbourne via Weraby. Weraby was once part of the journey from Warnable to the state capital, with this route ceasing in 2015. Australian television star Ernie Dingo will headline Nadoc celebrations for Southwest Healthcare this year. Dingo has a long list of honours, including being named one of Australia's top 100 national living treasures in 1997. He was named NADOC Aboriginal of the Year in 1994 and was awarded an Order of Australia for his contribution to the community. Dingo will be the guest speaker at Southwest Healthcare's NADOC ceremony in Warnerville on July the 9th. The ceremony will begin at 11am with a smoking ceremony and a welcome to country by Lee Morgan and will be held in the Community Health Underground Car Park. Warnable's Flagstaff Hill is enjoying a solid start to the winter school holidays. Visiting and local families are making up the bulk of visitors to the maritime and history attraction. A school holiday programme of activities includes art, reading, scon making and printmaking. Warnerville residents have free entry to Flagstaff Hill thanks to the local ambassador program.

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Yeah, running our night show five nights a week, so really good numbers to start their school holiday period there as well. And looking is looking very positive for the following uh week and a half.

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The recovery from the summer fires continues for the Crangermite Shire town of Skipton, Carambalic, and Stratham. The story of this recovery was relayed firsthand to Emergency Management Victoria Commissioner Tim Wubush and Deputy Commissioner Relief and Recovery Mariella Diaz when the pair visited the town last week. Crangemiteshire Mayor Kate Macon was among those the pair spoke to, along with representatives from neighbouring shires. The guests were shown the community fire photo exhibition at the Skipton Mechanics Institute Hall. Speaking at the launch of the exhibition, Councillor Macon praised the spirit of the community.

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As Mayor, I've had the privilege of spending time with many members of this community over the past nearly six months or so. I've heard your story. But these photographs are much more than images. They tell a story of a community that come together during one of the toughest times. They've captured the devastation, but they've also captured the recovery, the rebuilding, and the green shoes returning, and the strength of people of helping other people.

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The recovery from the 2024-2025 Grampians Fire also continues, with farmers affected able to apply for assistance. Glennell Copkins CMA has received funding to assist with the recovery needs of waterways following the bushfires. For eligible works, funding covers all costs, including labour. Landholders will be required to enter into an agreement to allow access for work to be undertaken. Activities that could be eligible include waterway fencing repair or replacement, weed control and removal of fire debris from waterways. A number of streets in Croyd and Port Ferry are now operating as 40km per hour speed zones. This work has been done through the funding from the state government and TAC. The streets were chosen after a review of each town and was followed up by the community consultation. Data over the past decade shows there have been six serious injury crashes in the Port Ferry streets where the new speed limits has been installed. In Croit, streets on the list has seen three serious injury crashes over the same time period. First making news in sport, Mortlake Export Georgia Wiram is preparing for a World Cup final. The Australian all-rounder and her teammates have reached the final of the Women's Cricket 2020 World Cup. The Aussies, who are undefeated in the tournament, will play the winner of Friday's England versus South Africa semi-final. The final will be played on July the 6th at Lourdes. In the semi-final yesterday, the Aussies defeated the West Indies by eight wickets, with Wareham taking two for 17. Super Saturdays have become commonplace in the Hampton League this season. This concept sees clubs play all their junior and senior games on Saturdays. This is catered for by an early start and the senior games ending as twilight fixtures. Most junior football games are still played on Sunday, but discussions continue as to whether they should be all moved to Saturdays in the future. Netball is now all played on Saturday. Hamden League administrator Trent Hill said it was a complex issue.

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It seems like it's been a great success for those who have done it and they've enjoyed it. Obviously, the interesting part of it will be the winter time and what the weather does with the conditions and obviously having the heavy load on the ground. But for those who have done it over the last couple of years, they've enjoyed it. But what it looks like in the future, I haven't really got an answer for you at the moment.

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The AFL career of Croyd's Taylor Byrne continues to blossom. Byrne was a key player in the Blues, round 16 win over the West Coast Eagles on Saturday. Byrne kicked three goals from his 11 possessions as well as laying five tackles. His teammate and former Cobden Jr. Sam Walsh gathered a game high 33 touches. For the Eagles, South Warner export Marcus Herbert finished with 11 kicks and four handballs. The final jumps meeting for the season at Warnerville Racing Club has proven to be a successful day for local trainers. The meeting includes two feature races, the Lafferty Hurdle and the Thackeray Steeplechase. The Shane Jackson trained Andy Wynne was the victor in the Rafferty, hitting the front from 400 metres out and holding on to take first place. In the steeplechase, Golden Garden claimed the win with warnable Simon Wilde, the successful trainer. Partly cloudy days ahead with showers and damaging winds possible on some parts of the coast and low temperatures around the southwest. Now to the forecast. Friday, 14, with showers easing and possible damaging winds. 14 degrees on Saturday with winds tending westerly. Inland to Malt Lake, 13 with possible small hail in the late afternoon. 12 on Friday with cloudy day and northwesterly winds. 12 degrees for Saturday with a medium chance of showers, likely in the morning. Over to Campdown, 12 and heavy rain for Thursday. 12 for Friday and showers with northwesterly winds. Medium chance of showers for Saturday and cloudy skies. Along the coast to Port Campbell, 14 with heavy rain tomorrow and possible damaging winds. Friday, 14, very high chance of showers and strong winds. Saturday, 13, winds easing and medium showers. Saturday, 13 degrees and a medium chance of showers. Home to Warnable, 14 tomorrow with showers forecast and strong winds. 14 for Friday with a chance of a thunderstorm and winds tending northwesterly. 13 and partly cloudy to start the weekend with a shower or two and a nighttime low of 9. That's it from your Southwest Local News team this morning. Thank you for tuning in. Remember that you can also watch this bulletin online at southwestlocalnews.com.au. Until Saturday morning with peace. Have a great day.