‘It just can’t be replaced’: Mallacoota’s black summer grief is still fresh after five years Photographer and Mallacoota resident Rachel Mounsey revisits those who lost their homes and much more The Guardian - AU · Feb 5, 2025
Melbourne couple dies after being pulled from water at Bastion Point, Mallacoota A 60-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman from Melbourne have died after being pulled from the water at a beach in Far East Gippsland. ABC News · Feb 15, 2023
The communities fighting for their health The National Rural Health conference has heard of many communities that have fought to boost their own local health services, including Mallacoota in Victoria. AAP · Aug 3, 2022
Mallacoota Airport's de-certification one of five others forbidding Angel Flight instrument landings More than 200 medical evacuations were scheduled in and out of Mallacoota in the past year. But by failing airfield standards, it and others in Laverton, Middlemount, Coolah, Kalumburu, and Coombabah have banned instrument landings. ABC News · Jul 28, 2022
White whale death at Mallacoota continues to puzzle authorities It's not Migaloo but questions remain after a white whale washed up on a beach at Mallacoota last week. ABC News · Jul 18, 2022
Dead whale which washed up at Mallacoota is not Migaloo Analysis of photos taken of a whale carcass at Mallacoota, in Victoria's east, show that the animal is female, while the famous albino whale Migaloo is male. ABC News · Jul 16, 2022
Mallacoota bushfires psychologist Cath Walker awarded for helping victims Psychologist Cath Walker took her skills beyond her usual setting to help traumatised residents of a bushfire-ravaged town when they were at their most vulnerable. ABC News · Jun 16, 2022
East Gippsland officer acquitted of assaulting man during police interview Sergeant Andrew Scott has been acquitted of two counts of injuring a man in his custody at the Mallacoota police station in a police interview room in 2017. ABC News · Jun 2, 2022
Mallacoota faces ongoing struggle to attract and retain GPs and allied health professionals The far-east Victorian coastal township of Mallacoota faces an ongoing battle to recruit and retain GPs and urgent care medical staff. ABC News · May 26, 2022
Rare native plants ravaged by bushfires in Mallacoota make comeback in nursery sanctuary Two-and-a-half years after the catastrophic Black Summer bushfires devastated the Victorian town of Mallacoota, a unique community nursery is helping rainforest and coastal areas stage a comeback. ABC News · May 15, 2022
Mallacoota energy group installs reliable, renewable power source in remote town More than two years after the fires of 2019, Mallacoota's community plan to "build back better" is slowly coming to fruition with a number of stable and reliable solar energy projects in the pipeline. ABC News · Apr 22, 2022
Mallacoota housing crisis deepens two years on from Black Summer fires Slow local government planning approval processes, rising property prices and a lack of affordable rentals are causing immense economic and social consequences for the isolated Victorian coastal town. ABC News · Apr 3, 2022