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Building engagement

THE recent community forum for an innovative education partnership pilot for Kurnai College attracted more than 60 people.

Program reprieve

A VITAL Gippsland-wide midwifery education and support program has been granted a reprieve, despite the loss of government funding.

Mine conditions ‘safe’

SAFETY concerns for the Yallourn mine workforce, working round the clock to combat rising water levels in the mine, have been allayed by an on-site union inspection last week.

$50m lifeline

Morwell's ailing EnergyBrix coal briquette factory has been thrown a lifeline, landing $50 million in Federal Government funding, enabling it to continue operating for another two years.

Man dies in Driffield crash

A BOOLARRA man involved in a fatal single-vehicle car crash in the early hours of Friday morning was believed to have lost control around a bend on the Strzelecki Highway.

‘Dud policy’ deadline extended

AMID condemnation for its "abysmal" plan to close local power stations, the Federal Government conceded on Friday it had not yet reached an agreement with any generators.

‘Polarising’ debate

A MULTICULTURAL services worker fears debate about asylum seekers raging in Federal Parliament will "polarise" the community, as the contentious issue filters into the Latrobe Valley.

Building stronger relationships

EDUCATION will be the tool used to break through racial ignorance, according to Trafalgar High School student Estelle Fraser.

Unemployment figures drop

GIPPSLAND'S unemployment rate defied the odds to drop to a rate lower than the state average in May.

Govt fails on jobs: Viney

DURING the Baillieu Government's first year in office in Victoria, about 11,000 jobs were lost across Gippsland and the Latrobe Valley, according to the State Opposition.

TAFE left ‘high and dry’

WHAT was once a classroom filled with business students at Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE now stands empty.

Guidelines under microscope

THE State Government has denied claims its transition plan guidelines for TAFEs are too "stringent".

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