Locked out
STAFF WRITERS
OPAL is currently engaged in Enterprise Agreement discussions with more than 300 Maryvale Mill production team members and the CFMEU.
The current production agreement...
Police Beat: Fatal Jacob Creek motorcycle crash
Police Beat with Katrina Brandon
Fatal Jacob Creek motorcycle crash
ON Saturday, January 18, emergency services were called to Tyers-Walhalla Road, where it is believed a...
France’s timber lesson
By PHILIP HOPKINS
ON the first anniversary of the state government’s closure of Gippsland’s native forest industry, France’s rebuilt historic Notre-Dame Cathedral has been completed...
New NEPT reforms to help patients
STAFF WRITERS
THE state government will introduce a range of reforms to Victoria's non-emergency patient transport (NEPT) sector.
The government has said the reforms will ensure...
Bridging gaps for mental health services
STAFF WRITERS
INDEPENDENT candidate for Monash, Deb Leonard is advocating for improved mental health services and suicide prevention strategies in the region, following many conversations...
Business ownership preferred to first home
By KIANA BROOKS-AMOR
SEVERAL young people across Victoria are choosing to start a business before buying a home.
In Latrobe Valley, 29-year-old Carly Burdett and Judah...
Local CFA fighting fire at Grampians
By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
STRIKE teams from local CFA districts headed to western Victoria to help contain the prolonged Halls Gap and Grampians National Park bushfire...
Increased demand for Victorian social housing
STAFF WRITERS
MORE than 2200 new applications for social housing across Victoria were made in just three months, according to new government data.
Homes Victoria's latest...
SEC to go if Liberals win
By PHILIP HOPKINS
THE new Coalition Leader, Brad Battin, has vowed to abolish Victoria's revived State Electricity Commission, in an initial announcement of the Coalition's...
Police Beat: Pay dispute update
Police Beat with Tom Hayes
Pay dispute update
THE Fair Work Commission has rejected Victoria Police Command’s Arbitration Application, finding that Victoria Police had not yet...
Golf club saga moves forward following some confusion
By LIAM DURKIN
WRONG place, wrong time.
Traralgon Golf Club may be able to breathe a little easier, now that it appears it definitely won't have...
More homes, more opportunities
STAFF WRITERS
HUNDREDS of Victorians are being supported out of homelessness thanks to the rollout of the new Homes First program.
The program, funded by the...