Vic forestry: facts v fiction
COMMENT
By JOHN CAMERON
THE state government recently said it would minimise job impacts from the timber shortage and accelerate the Opal Maryvale mill's...
Legendary teacher retires
By MICHELLE SLATER
A LONG-STANDING Trafalgar school teacher is capping his whiteboard marker for the last time after half a century in the game.
John Duck...
Opal worker help
By MICHELLE SLATER
THE Victorian government is establishing a new Worker Support Service in the Latrobe Valley to help Opal Australian Paper employees at Maryvale...
A helping hand and 80 years of solidarity
By LIAM DURKIN
THERE aren’t many of these left anymore.
Maryvale Friendly Society, which operates out of the Opal Australia mill at Maryvale, celebrates...
Shing, Bath back
THE Victorian Electoral Commission has declared the results for the Legislative Council, with Eastern Victorian incumbents, Labor MP Harriet Shing and the Nationals' Melina...
Call for care on recalled items
IN light of recent food recalls from Food Standards Australia New Zealand relating to a small selection of spinach products, vegetable peak industry body...
EPA clears Loy Yang B output
By MICHELLE SLATER
THE Environment Protection Authority has reverted discharge limits for sulphur dioxide emissions at Loy Yang B power station after granting its...
Contractor fined after spraying state forest
By MICHELLE SLATER
FRIENDS of the Earth has slammed a court decision in which an HVP contractor was found guilty of chemical spray drift where...
We officially have a new member
By MICHELLE SLATER
The Victorian Electoral Commission has officially declared Martin Cameron as the new Nationals Member for Morwell, in an announcement on Monday morning.
Mr...
Latrobe (set) to upgrade climate policy
By MICHELLE SLATER
LATROBE City Council will detail updated climate change policies and targets in its draft Sustainability Action Plan due to be out for...
Zero confidence
By MICHELLE SLATER
UNION members at the Maryvale mill have moved a no-confidence motion against Opal Australian Paper management and called on the Andrews Government...
“No confidence” in Maryvale management
Union members at the Maryvale mill have moved a no confidence motion against Opal Australian Paper management and called on the Andrews Government to...
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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...
