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Jury out after Labor decade

By DAVID BRAITHWAITE   LAST month marked a decade since the Labor Party regained government in Victoria. Daniel Andrews replaced Denis Napthine as state premier after leading...

Peaceful protest against nuclear

By LIAM DURKIN   ANTI-NUCLEAR demonstrators gathered in Traralgon’s Kay Street Gardens last week to have their voices heard. The demonstration took place hours before the House...

Tyers Road in need of cutting back

By KATRINA BRANDON   COMING up to summer, the CFA has been advising the public to clean up their local areas for flammable vegetation, but on...

Petition set to make a difference

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT   THE sister of late local doctor, Doctor Ashley Gordon says the family's effort to bring about sweeping changes to the state's bail...

Targets not met

By TOM HAYES   RECENT performance reports released by the Department of Health show that Latrobe Regional Health (LRH), Gippsland's main acute mental health provider, is...

Project on the ropes due to “ideological divide”

STAFF WRITERS   A JAPANESE consortium has warned it is poised to pull $2.35 billion investment from a world-first coal to hydrogen project in the Latrobe...

Officers walk off the job amid wage negotiations

By TOM HAYES   POLICE officers from the Traralgon Police Station took their stand against the state government amid wage negotiations, walking off the job on...

Police Beat: Major drug bust

Police Beat with Tom Hayes, Blake Metcalf-Holt, and Katrina Brandon   Major drug bust TWO men were arrested on Thursday, December 5, during a Major Drug Squad...

Loy Yang seeks water for mine lake

By PHILIP HOPKINS   WATER is a key part of the operation of the Loy Yang mine – and will still be a key part of...

Keeping kids safe online with new Bill

STAFF WRITERS   THE federal government has set a minimum age of 16 for social media use. Legislation passed Parliament last week. The Online Safety Amendment (Social Media...

Too expensive and too slow

By PHILIP HOPKINS   ENVIRONMENTALISTS in Gippsland maintain that nuclear energy is not a viable option for the region because it's too expensive, its lengthy design...

First pill testing to start this month

STAFF WRITERS   LEGISLATION to enshrine pill testing - also known as drug checking - into law has passed the Victorian Parliament. The state government will now...

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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...