Heyfield reacts to timber axe
By ZOE ASKEW
HEYFIELD is rife with anger, uncertainty, distrust, and sadness in the aftermath of the state government’s shock announcement last week to...
Morwell presence confirmed for SEC
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
THE state government confirmed its commitment to bringing the SEC back into action at the budget announcement on Tuesday, May 23.
Last year,...
Crown Hotel wins excellence award
By TOM HAYES
CROWN Hotel, Traralgon has had a night out at the Australian Hotel Association (AHA) 2023 State Awards for Excellence.
At the Crown Palladium...
Funds for Latrobe Valley Authority
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
THE Latrobe Valley received significant attention in the 2023/2024 State Budget, that was handed down last Tuesday, May 23.
To the shock of...
End of native timber harvesting
By LIAM DURKIN
SHOCKWAVES reverberated around the community on Tuesday, May 23 after the state government announced native timber harvesting in Victoria would come to...
Looking at the spin and the facts
COMMENT
By JOHN CAMERON
State gov forestry spin
AT the budget presentation, the state government announced $200 million for Victorian workers and their families to transition away...
Buy buns for breast cancer research
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC AND JASMINE GURNEY*
TRARALGON Baker's Delight will be pink for the next few weeks as they raise money for breast cancer research.
Baker's...
Bridging the education gap in regional communities
COMMENT
By PROFESSOR DUNCAN BENTLEY
REGIONAL and outer-metropolitan Victoria faces one of the greatest skills shortages in history. It is stunting growth. The solutions...
Story of Moe missing persons case retold
By KATRINA BRANDON
QUEENSLAND author Nicole Morris is releasing her book Vanished on June 7 to help raise awareness for missing people and the...
House price settle across the state
THE Victorian property market is showing signs of stabilisation this quarter.
The Metropolitan Melbourne median house price recorded a marginal drop of 1 per cent...
Win for state teachers and students
VICTORIAN students, teachers and school communities will be well served by a new state parliament inquiry into education.
Member for Eastern Victoria Region and Assistant...
Yallourn upgrade
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
YALLOURN power station Unit 1 has received a new pulverised fuel mill after two years of assessment and engineering work following the...
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No anti-vaxxers among the birds
By KATRINA BRANDON
A PHILLIP Island penguin has died from Bird Flu.
The deadly disease has Victorian poultry farmers on high alert.
Bird Flu (H5N1) was first...
