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...
