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Netting your audience online

How to capture the attention of the online audience

By Emma Kae - 10th April 2001 - Back to News

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• Tell your mobile dropouts, blackspots and poor connections to the 'Connecting Victoria' online survey
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• Give your view on vaccines passports to Russell Broadbent for South and West Gippsland
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• Detox Your Home happening on 30 October 2022 at Wonthaggi Transfer Station for Bass Coast Shire
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• Detox your home event at Gippsland Regional Livestock Exchange in Sale on 11 November 2023
  Wellington Shire Council, in partnership with Sustainability Victoria, hosts a Detox your Home event in Sale on November 11, 2023. Residents can safely dispose of hazardous household chemicals.
• Detox your Home event to encourage Wonthaggi to dispose of unwanted household chemicals on 31 Oct 2021
  Bass Coast Shire Council is encouraging the community to dispose of unwanted household chemicals at the Detox your Home event, coming to Wonthaggi on Sunday, 31 October.
• Have your say on planned telemarketing ban an increased compliance to reduce energy needs and emissions in Victorian homes
  The Andrews Labor government will ban telemarketing for products under the VEU program, strengthen compliance, consult consumer groups, and reintroduce incentives for energy-efficient refrigerated cabinets.
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  Take the day off, because it is categorically far more fun discovering new places and sampling the spoils of West Gippsland than working.
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• Have your say on the draft concept master plans for the Baw Baw Shire sporting reserves for Warragul and Drouin
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  Creative Latrobe, a partnership between Latrobe Health Assembly, Latrobe City Council, and the community, aims to bring vibrant art installations to Traralgon and select sites based on community input, feasibility, and benefit.
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• Have your say on the Playground Renewal Program 2023/24 across Baw Baw Shire by 11 December 2023
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• Have your say on threats to free speech warns from Albanese Labor government by 20 August 2023
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• Share your thoughts in Victorian Business Innovation Survey by 16 July 2023
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• Have your say on naming the park on Stoke Street after Kelly Koochew by 29 January 2024
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• Have your say on draft Fenced Dog Park Plan for Latrobe City by 21 June 2023
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• Have your say on Latrobe Valley and Gippsland Transition Plan to 2035
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• Have your say on possible shared path for Foster by 11 September 2022
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• Have your say on Regional Investment Corporation by 22 December 2023
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• Have your say on Mirboo North Kindergarten by 26 November 2023
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• Anti-online-bullying workshops held on 10-28 October 2022 at 13 primary and secondary schools in Bass Coast Shire
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