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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...

Issues tabled by farming industry

STAFF WRITERS   REPRESENTATIVES of the farming industry and service providers came together recently to discuss issues related to the sector with an eye to the...

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The day Morwell East marched the flag home

FOOTBALL MID GIPPSLAND By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT   PAST players from Morwell East Football-Netball Club’s last senior flag gathered at the weekend during the Hawks home bout against Foster. The...