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LRH: State Budget’s big winner

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   LATROBE Regional Health is among the big winners in this year’s State Budget, with $44 million in funding allocated. The state government contribution...

Accused mushroom murderer pleads not guilty

STAFF WRITERS   THE accused murderer at the core of the Leongatha mushroom poisoning case, Erin Patterson, has pleaded not guilty to all of her charges. Patterson...

Duck and quail hunting allocated over $10 million in budget

STAFF WRITERS   THE state government’s budget commitment to support future quail and duck hunting highlights strategic investment in hunting regulation and compliance, but diverges from...

Union to fight Fed Uni job cuts

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   “UNION Power” echoed through the halls as staff and students took action at Churchill’s Federation University campus last Wednesday (May 1) after...

Black Saturday arsonist released and dangerous driver pleads guilty

By TOM HAYES and ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   WARNING: The contents of this story may be distressing to some readers. Reader discretion is advised. THE arsonist responsible for...

Vigil for victims of violence

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   MORE than 250 people gathered at the Gippsland Performing Arts Centre on Domestic Violence Remembrance Day (May 1) for a candlelight vigil...

Police Beat: Narracan Resort fire

Police Beat with ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   Narracan Resort fire AT about 2am on Saturday, April 27, unknown offenders attended the Narracan Resort sales office located near the...

‘There is no forest war’

STAFF WRITERS   RECENT claims by activists, media, industry advocates and politicians about the existence or emergence of 'forest wars' is completely misleading and disrespectful, according...

Emissions from local power stations decreased

By PHILIP HOPKINS   EMISSIONS from Latrobe Valley brown coal power stations have fallen in the past year, continuing the trend of the past five and...

State government sitting on a gold mine

By PHILIP HOPKINS   MINERS and small prospectors fear that the state government's study into the future of Gippsland's forests could lock up swathes of forest...

Commemorative mural unveiled

By LIAM DURKIN   STEVE Bechaz has done it again. Of all his murals that have provided an uplift to Moe, the one adorning the wall of...

Fed Uni staff and students to go on strike

STAFF WRITERS   NATIONAL Teachers Education Union (NTEU) members at Federation University held an all member meeting last week, where they vowed to join protests at...

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Information wanted on Morwell incident

By KATRINA BRANDON MAJOR Collision Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for information after a man was found deceased on the side of the road in...