Gippsland
‘Nobody will ever forget’: Inside the town at the centre of a poisonous mushroom mystery
Criminal investigations are rare in the quiet, religious town of Korumburra. Until now, the most recent time the town was connected to a homicide squad probe was two decades ago.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
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Police test food dehydrator found at tip after deadly mushroom meal
Tests are being done to see if the appliance is linked to the deaths of three people who ate poisonous mushrooms.
- by John Silvester, Marta Pascual Juanola and Angus Livingston
‘I didn’t do anything; I loved them’: How a quiet family lunch turned into a tragedy
Erin Patterson had four guests she says she loved and cherished over for lunch at her home on July 29. Now three are dead and police are baffled.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola and Ashleigh McMillan
Gippsland home searched after third death from poison mushroom meal
The homicide squad has been called in after Korumburra pastor Ian Wilkinson and his wife, Heather, along with her sister and brother-in-law, became ill after a meal.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Marta Pascual Juanola
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Death cap case
Two dead, two in hospital after eating poisonous mushrooms in Gippsland
Two women have died after ingesting poisonous mushrooms at a lunch in Leongatha late last month.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
Analysis
Commonwealth Games
Victoria failed to do its homework. The Commonwealth Games paid the price
The Andrews government should have seen this coming before leaping headlong into what has become a mess for Australia on the international stage.
- by Josh Gordon
Exclusive
Liberal Party
Long-serving Liberal MP Russell Broadbent faces preselection challenge
Mary Aldred has confirmed she will seek Liberal Party preselection for the federal seat of Monash in Gippsland, held by Russell Broadbent, who has been in parliament since 2004.
- by Rachel Eddie
Bass Strait gas can’t keep the lights on if coal plants fail next year
ExxonMobil’s gas fields off the Victorian coast are rapidly depleting and will no longer be able to quickly ramp up volumes to stabilise the east-coast grid.
- by Nick Toscano
Tiny town in Gippsland serves up a bella Italian festa
Mirboo North’s celebration of Italian heritage was a dazzling display of la dolce vita for thousands of visitors on Sunday.
- by Carolyn Webb
Bunyip and Garfield, West Gippsland, things to do: 80 minutes by train on a food-tasting day trip
You don't need a car to explore Victoria's West Gippsland.
- by Tim Richards
Gippsland Lakes by boat: A pub crawl on the water
I've never turned up to the pub in a boat before and, after making a memorable nautical entrance to Metung Pub in Gippsland, I may never do it again.
- by Paul Chai