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Traralgon bypass “highest priority”

STAFF WRITERS   FEDERAL Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has challenged the federal government to commit funding to finalise the planning and design for the proposed...

The storm like a “giant whipper snipper”

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   FIRST, the wind came, and then the storm took the absolute lot. Karen Haw, owner of the Mirboo North Garden Centre and Garden...

Police Beat: Skydiver flown to hospital

Police Beat with ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   Skydiver flown to hospital A MAN has been flown to hospital following a skydiving incident in Traralgon on Saturday, February 24. Emergency...

Storm relief

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   A LEAD contractor has been appointed for the federal and state government's coordinated clean-up in the aftermath of the recent devastating storm. The...

Record winds in recent super storm

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   RECORD winds were recorded from the storm that struck Mirboo North on Tuesday, February 13. A Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) spokesperson said Yarram...

Rosedale’s long-stretched limit

By STEFAN BRADLEY   SEVERAL Rosedale residents, businesses, and those who often drive through the town have welcomed the new 50km/h speed limit through Prince Street...

Brigade bin decision reversed

By STEFAN BRADLEY   THE CFA has reversed a decision to remove sanitary bins from a number of Victorian fire brigades, seemingly to cut costs, but...

Education crisis

STAFF WRITERS   AUSTRALIA'S teacher shortage crisis is deepening, with no immediate solutions on offer, according to Shadow Minister for Education, Sarah Henderson. Ms Henderson said Education...

Gridlock over transmission lines

By PHILIP HOPKINS   CONFUSION reigns among farmers and other landowners in southern Gippsland as the state government's new kid on the block, VicGrid, has pushed...

Premier Allan tours the storm path

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   FRIGHTENING and ferocious were the words Victorian Premier, Jacinta Allan used when describing the impact of the storm that ripped through Mirboo...

A town left to pick up the pieces

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   AS the angry clouds rolled in one afternoon, no one in Mirboo North could have imagined the amount of chaos that was...

Community looking for answers

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   IN stark contrast to the joyous occasion that saw 30,000 people attend the Italian festival held in Mirboo North a few days...

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FightMND beanies return to Coles

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