Council Beat: December 2024 Meeting
Council Beat with Liam Durkin
THE last Latrobe City Council meeting for 2024 was held Monday, December 16.
Naturally, with 2024 being a council election year...
Power stance
STAFF WRITERS
THE Network Outage Review has been released, with the state government supporting all 19 recommendations in full, in part, or in principle.
The state...
Battery like a charger on a huge scale
By PHILIP HOPKINS
THE 150 megawatt battery installed by Engie at the old Hazelwood power station site has just had its first birthday – and...
Police Beat: Churchill car theft
Police Beat with Katrina Brandon
Churchill car theft
POLICE arrested seven teenagers after a car was allegedly stolen during an aggravated burglary in Churchill in the...
Responsible shift from coal: Liberals
By PHILIP HOPKINS
THE federal Coalition, by avoiding Labor's unnecessary overdevelopment on pristine landscapes and farmland, will integrate nuclear power into a broader and cheaper...
First steps taken in VicGrid study area, hub established
By PHILIP HOPKINS
VICGRID has refined the study area for the transmission infrastructure needed to support offshore wind generation off the coast of Gippsland and...
Victoria unprepared for fire season
By JOHN CAMERON
IN a commentary in the Latrobe Valley Express last week, Victoria's Forest and Fire Management Chief Fire Officer, Chris Hardman stated that:...
Students in uproar amid lunch pass removal
By TOM HAYES
NEARLY 600 people have signed a petition created by Lowanna College students, who want their lunch passes reinstated.
At Lowanna College, students could...
Six-figure mark for carbon capture storage
By PHILIP HOPKINS
CARBON capture and storage in Gippsland has received a boost with a milestone event - the celebration of the injection of 100,000...
At breaking point
By TOM HAYES
MORE than 20 officers from the Traralgon Police Station and The Police Association of Victoria (TPAV) walked off the job last Wednesday...
Pressure mounts as Pesutto loses defamation case
By LIAM DURKIN
TRARALGON-born John Pesutto's future as leader of the state opposition is under fire once again, after losing his defamation case against former...
Report: nuclear energy the cheapest alternative
By PHILIP HOPKINS
INCLUDING nuclear power in the energy mix is cheaper - by up to 44 per cent - in the medium-term future, but...
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Local teacher skydives to gold
STAFF WRITERS
LOCAL primary school teacher and skydiver, Kallan Fitzclarence, achieved great success at the Australian & New Zealand National Canopy Piloting Championships in Sydney...
