Economic authority must accept Yallourn closure concerns: council
By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
THE closure of Yallourn Power Station raises many questions and ambiguities for the Latrobe Valley's premier industry and workforce.
A transition plan from...
Latrobe Christmas is coming early: Council allocates $200,000 toward decorations
By AIDAN KNIGHT
THE table lit up like Christmas at February's Latrobe City council meeting, when discussing allocation of funds towards holiday decorations.
Each year, an...
Diesel disaster, train pain
By AIDAN KNIGHT
FOLLOWING the federal government's decision to halve the fuel excise, state premiers and various chief ministers met the same week to see...
Archives with Aidan Knight
50 years ago
The Express, April 9, 1976
18 hours a day ... for survival
NEARLY 100 dairy farmers are registered with the Commonwealth Employment Service in...
Morwell by-election confirmed
LATROBE City Council will soon seek candidates for the Morwell River Ward following the resignation of Tracie Lund.
The Victorian Electoral Commission announced today, April...
Quality output at inaugural Gippsland International Film Festival
By AIDAN KNIGHT
THE first annual Gippsland International Film Festival (GIFF) took place last month, with three nights set across Warragul, Noojee and Rokeby.
The event,...
Diesel can come from coal, yet state government won’t budge
By PHILIP HOPKINS
A MAJOR consortium has abandoned a $2 billion project to make fertiliser from Latrobe Valley’ brown coal, blaming the state government and...
Arrangements needed for precinct plan
By AIDAN KNIGHT
LATROBE City Council has moved a motion to follow up on the South East Traralgon (SET) Precinct Structure Plan.
This concerns an area...
Less transmission, lower prices: offshore wind project says
By DAVID BRAITHWAITE
GIPPSLAND offshore wind projects will lower wholesale electricity prices by reducing the amount of new transmission needed by more than 900 kilometres,...
Author addresses anxiety
By STEFAN BRADLEY
WITH more than 355,000 followers on Instagram alone, Traralgon-based counsellor, integrative therapist and author Anna Ferguson has certainly made a name for...
Class dismissed: Teachers walk off the job
By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT, KATRINA BRANDON AND PEACE IJIYERA
TO continue teaching the next generations in Victoria, teachers across the state last week rallied for change.
Joining in...
From the archives with Aidan Knight
50 years ago
The Express, April 2, 1976
The pong stays for winter
THE APM "pong" will continue to offend Latrobe Valley noses for yet another winter....
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Fortuna’s winning streak comes to an end
SOCCER
STATE LEAGUE
By ALLAN ROBERTS
ROUND 3 of the 2026 Veto Men’s State League saw Fortuna ’60 play its second home game of the season against...
