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Accused arsonist trial

Accused arsonist trial JURORS in the trial of the man accused of lighting the fatal Churchill Black Saturday fires have entered a fourth day of deliberations. Brendan James Sokaluk, 42, ple

Creditor remuneration unlikely

Creditors of ill-fated building company Kirway Constructions are realising there's "slim chance" of remuneration, after the long drawn out liquidation process kicked off at a creditor meeting in

Taking the proactive approach

VICTORIA Police are taking a stand to break the cycle of family violence in the Latrobe Valley, through the setting up of its Family Violence Unit. The unit, which will go through a 12

Celebrating Gippsland’s diversity

GIPPSLAND'S ethnic diversity was celebrated in Immigration Park, Morwell yesterday, with 56 new names unveiled on the Immigration Wall of Recognition. A crowd of more than 4500 people

Valley base for first regional multicultural youth centre

MORWELL has become the base for regional Victoria's first Centre for Multicultural Youth, in a move to engage with young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds in Gippsland. The c

Close calls for family

LISA Pavlich was enjoying a rare moment of quiet on Friday morning when her peace was literally shattered by a utility vehicle crashing through the front bedroom window of the new Morwell home s

Alarming employment figures

RECENTLY released unemployment statistics paint a complex picture of Gippsland but show a regional rise in jobless figures of almost two per cent over the past four months. Australian

On the market

After a tumultuous fallout and an aborted legal challenge, a Trafalgar abattoir closed amid accusations of animal cruelty. In an effort to clear their names, the LE Giles Abattoir team

Long running dispute comes to an end

AFTER a bitter nine-month dispute, the State Government and the Australian Nursing Federation have come to an agreement. The ANF announced the agreement between Victorian Hospitals' In

Hair today, gone tomorrow

Feature By Melody Song MUCH like many of my other "hair"-brained schemes, the decision to lop off my locks as part of the World's Greatest Shave was a spur-of-the-moment decision I

A hair-razing event

THE crowd gasped and applauded as they watched the hair of friends, as well as strangers, fall from their heads to the ground. Meanwhile, those up on stage in the centre court of Stock

Responding to the challenge

WHEN Yarragon mum Bronwyn Davis' four year-old daughter Aislinn was diagnosed with autism last year, she soon discovered the difficulty of finding support. The challenges of finding sp

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Prepare for winter driving conditions this King’s Birthday weekend

STAFF WRITERS   VICTORIAN road users are being urged to prepare for winter driving conditions as intrastate travel is expected to increase over the King’s Birthday...