Morwell by-election confirmed
LATROBE City Council will soon seek candidates for the Morwell River Ward following the resignation of Tracie Lund.
The Victorian Electoral Commission announced today, April...
Quality output at inaugural Gippsland International Film Festival
By AIDAN KNIGHT
THE first annual Gippsland International Film Festival (GIFF) took place last month, with three nights set across Warragul, Noojee and Rokeby.
The event,...
Diesel can come from coal, yet state government won’t budge
By PHILIP HOPKINS
A MAJOR consortium has abandoned a $2 billion project to make fertiliser from Latrobe Valley’ brown coal, blaming the state government and...
Arrangements needed for precinct plan
By AIDAN KNIGHT
LATROBE City Council has moved a motion to follow up on the South East Traralgon (SET) Precinct Structure Plan.
This concerns an area...
Less transmission, lower prices: offshore wind project says
By DAVID BRAITHWAITE
GIPPSLAND offshore wind projects will lower wholesale electricity prices by reducing the amount of new transmission needed by more than 900 kilometres,...
Author addresses anxiety
By STEFAN BRADLEY
WITH more than 355,000 followers on Instagram alone, Traralgon-based counsellor, integrative therapist and author Anna Ferguson has certainly made a name for...
Class dismissed: Teachers walk off the job
By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT, KATRINA BRANDON AND PEACE IJIYERA
TO continue teaching the next generations in Victoria, teachers across the state last week rallied for change.
Joining in...
From the archives with Aidan Knight
50 years ago
The Express, April 2, 1976
The pong stays for winter
THE APM "pong" will continue to offend Latrobe Valley noses for yet another winter....
Delburn turbines could be as tall as Loy Yang cooling towers
By AIDAN KNIGHT
THE State Electricity Commission hosted a series of drop-in sessions recently, catering to both community and industry, in an effort to educate...
AI is clever, but not creative: FedUni experts
By AIDAN KNIGHT
IT'S hard to discuss any topic in 2026 without the phrase 'artificial intelligence' being brought up.
Regardless of position on the matter, most...
Gippsland’s energy solution? You’ve been thunderstruck
By AIDAN KNIGHT AND KATRINA BRANDON
A GIPPSLAND man has helped successfully developed a world-first technology to allow clean emission fuel use without carbon output.
Yinnar...
Bigger office, better connectivity
By AIDAN KNIGHT
NATIONALLY-recognised provider, Aussie Broadband, which started in Morwell, opened its new Traralgon office recently.
From humble beginnings, the provider now has offices in...





















