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Fifty per cent of children in Morwell are developmentally vulnerable and any incoming government needed to increase funding to integrated family services, Victoria's peak body for child and family services said.

Disability advocacy groups have welcomed an announcement that a pedestrian refuge island and line markings will be installed at the western end of Commercial Road in Morwell.

Loveable basset hounds Stevie and Lola enjoy "flopping around" and attacking the backyard sprinkler at their Hazelwood North home.

You don't have to be a mental health professional to ask a loved one if they are ok. This is the message Friends of Lifeline, a group of passionate volunteers and mental health advocates, have been advocating through the Mind the Valley project, a series of sessions with more than 200 community members discussing how to have conversations with friends and families around mental health and wellbeing.

Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D'Ambrosio was in Traralgon last Tuesday to inspect St Paul's Anglican Grammar School's energy efficiency efforts.

A walk-in family violence services hub, expected to open in Morwell in December, has been designed with advice from family violence survivors to be a welcoming and safe space.

Families struggling to find support when their children are experiencing emotional and mental health challenges can now access child psychologists via an online portal that was launched in Gippsland last week.

Too much time spent in front of screens and poor sleep are some main reasons for high levels of psychological distress in young Australians, says headspace Morwell centre manager Justin Van Rossen.

Sydneysider Jordan Thompson proved his first-round match could wait for the second day of play at the Traralgon Challenger after defeating Italian Alessando Petrone in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1.

The head of Gippsland Multicultural Services is concerned by federal government plans to make it compulsory for newly-arrived migrants to settle in regional areas to decongest capital cities.

Works on the long-awaited, multi-million dollar Gippsland Regional Aquatic Centre will start early next year after the state government announced an $8 million loan to Latrobe City Council to complete the project by 2021.

The Latrobe Valley played host to three metro rugby teams at the weekend with the Morwell-based Miners Rugby League and Touch Football Club's inaugural nines rugby league gala day.