Old Melbourne Road reopens
STAFF WRITERS
LATROBE City Council's civil contractor, Ace Earthmoving, has completed the reconstruction of 1.5 kilometres of Old Melbourne Road, starting at Alexanders Road roundabout...
Fighting job fatigue
By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT and STEFAN BRADLEY
LOCAL paramedics and union members last Thursday, tired and angry, protested outside the Morwell office of state government frontbencher...
Morwell Foodbank officially open
By KATRINA BRANDON
FOODBANK Victoria’s Morwell Community Food Centre officially opened last week.
The opening welcomed Minister for Carers and Volunteers Ros Spence, Member for Eastern...
‘An offer you can’t refuse’ – a fare from Moe’s taxis
MOE Taxis has been a constant in the Moe/Newborough area as a reliable service of local drivers dating back to the middle of last...
Fanciful facility
By LIAM DURKIN
PEOPLE might want to think again when they claim "Traralgon gets everything".
More than three years on from the devastating floods that left...
New twist to forest policy “stupidity”
By PHILIP HOPKINS
WITH the formal closure of VicForests on Sunday (June 30) symbolising the final destruction of Victoria's native forest industry, thoughts turn to...
Northe loses sentence appeal
By ERIKA ALLEN
FORMER Member for Morwell, Russell Northe lost an application for leave recently to appeal against his 21-month prison sentence.
Northe was sentenced last...
Council Beat: Surplus predicted in draft budget
LATROBE City Council held its June meeting on Monday, June 3 at Kernot Hall.
It began at 6pm, was closed to the public at 9.20pm...
Flynn’s mega “eyesore” solar farm
By PHILIP HOPKINS
A GORMANDALE man has lost his appeal against the proposed five-megawatt Flynn solar farm, and now fears his property will lose value...
Loy Yang identified for power play
By PHILIP HOPKINS
A NUCLEAR power station at Loy Yang would not only create cheaper zero emissions electricity but will generate regional economic development, according...
Chester keeping an “open mind”
COMMENT
By DARREN CHESTER
I WELCOME the release of the Coalition's detailed national plan for energy security.
It's a plan that respects regional communities and ensures any...
Demonstration held outside MP’s office
By KATRINA BRANDON
NO sooner had the Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, announced the nuclear policy, than about 15 people protested against the policy in front...
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Final VicGrid plan coming
By PHILIP HOPKINS
SUBMISSIONS on the state government's draft renewable energy zones (REZs) and transmission lines closed on Tuesday this week, but VicGrid's chief executive,...
