Insight: how sovereign citizens tick
By AIDAN KNIGHT
IN light of the recent capture and killing of Dezi Freeman, experts are warning the sovereign citizen agenda could make regional Victorian...
Back to the future, Shing announced as water minister again
By DAVID BRAITHWAITE
MEMBER for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing is now Victoria's Health Minister, following a reshuffle of the state government cabinet.
Premier Jacinta Allan announced...
Travel might be free, but customers are paying in time
By AIDAN KNIGHT
THE state government announced over the weekend the extension of free PTV across the state, as well as half-price fares for the...
Devil in the detail of timber report
By PHILIP HOPKINS
AN independent report by the Auditor General on the closure of Victoria's native forest industry has found that despite budgeting $1.5 billion...
Industrial fires treated as suspicious
By KATRINA BRANDON
AN Industrial fire broke out last Sunday morning (April 19) in Moe.
The fire started around 5.30am at a property on Waterloo Road.
Firefighters...
Monkey business: Churchill research lab in the crosshairs
By AIDAN KNIGHT
A MONASH University, Churchill facility has come under fire, following a Legislative Council motion for greater transparency of its operations.
In the early...
From the archives with Aidan Knight
50 years ago
The Express, April 23, 1976
School leavers unemployed
up 83%
Unemployment in the Latrobe Valley has jumped. Last year at this time, there were 1180...
From the archives with Aidan Knight
50 years ago
The Express, April 14, 1975
Thieves get $700 in jewellery
THIEVES entered the Boolarra Club Hotel on Saturday and then ransacked the bedroom of...
Momentum slowing for homes in Latrobe area
By STEFAN BRADLEY
HOME prices in the Latrobe-Gippsland area (SA4) are experiencing a slower rate of growth compared to the rest of regional Victoria, according...
Historic Bofors gun restored in Moe
By AIDAN KNIGHT
MOE residents will be very familiar with the iconic Bofors gun, which has been an unmissable part of Anzac Street since the...
Holden out for acknowledgement
By PEACE IJIYERA
THE saying goes, ‘disappointed, but not surprised’.
That’s how Bill Holden felt when the Trafalgar Holden Museum did not acknowledge the 100th anniversary...
Union legend commemorated
By KATRINA BRANDON
A TRAVELLER, a fighter and “just a country boy”, the late John Parker was a man of many means.
Last month, a book...
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National aero championships lands locally
AERO
BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
NOTHING like hitting the sky in your own backyard.
Latrobe Valley Aero Club hosted the 2026 Australian Light Aircraft Championships recently, seeing the...
