Port of Hastings wind project in limbo
By PHILIP HOPKINS
THE proposed windfarms off the Gippsland coast, which have an estimated construction cost of $100 billion to produce 25,000 megawatts of electricity...
Wellington Shire in talks with Prime Minister: offshore wind
By STEFAN BRADLEY
PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese and Wellington Shire Council have been in touch about fair compensation for offshore wind projects set up in...
Time is now for new Hazelwood North station
STAFF WRITERS
HAZELWOOD North Fire Brigade will hope it has a new station when centenary celebrations roll around in three years time.
The current station is...
Out of control crime
By TOM HAYES
THE recent crime spike across Victoria has raised alarming concerns, as repeat offenders are granted bail and youth crime becomes more common.
In...
Police Beat: Willow Grove drowning
Police Beat with Tom Hayes
Willow Grove drowning
POLICE will prepare a report for the Coroner following the death of a man in Willow Grove on...
Traralgon parking pressure to ease
By KATRINA BRANDON
TRARALGON, Moe and Morwell are on the way to receiving more car parking spaces as regional demand grows.
Latrobe City Mayor Dale Harriman,...
Plan discussed to preserve Old Gippstown
By KATRINA BRANDON
LOOKING into the future of Old Gippstown Heritage Park, the park’s committee has released a strategic plan.
The committee met with Member for...
Stephens named Labor candidate
STAFF WRITERS
FORMER farmer and agribusiness manager, Alison Stephens, known to locals as Sonny, has been endorsed as the Labor party candidate for Gippsland at...
PM answers wind compo question
STAFF WRITERS
PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese said on the ABC's Q&A TV program he would raise with "his minister" the subject of compensation for regional...
Fire threat still real in autumn
By KATRINA BRANDON and BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
ALTHOUGH summer might officially be over, authorities warn that the fire danger period isn't, as fires continue to burn...
Battery launched
By PHILIP HOPKINS
CONSTRUCTION of EnergyAustralia's $700 million, 350MW battery in the Latrobe Valley was symbolically launched at a major ceremony in Morwell last Friday,...
Police Beat: Morwell stabbing
Police Beat with Tom Hayes
Morwell stabbing
POLICE are investigating a stabbing in Morwell on Wednesday, February 26.
It is believed a physical altercation occurred between two...
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Seven years for nuclear: Parker
By PHILIP HOPKINS
A 1000 megawatt nuclear power station using South Korean expertise could be built in the Latrobe Valley in seven years, with a...
