OHS sentencing practices under review
By TOM HAYES
A NEW consultation paper has been released by the Sentencing Advisory Council (SAC), detailing and examining sentencing practices for occupational health and...
Life After Coal
STAFF WRITERS
THE team at Life After Coal is hosting a community day at Kernot Hall this Saturday (February 17) to reflect on post-coal progress...
Grabbing the bull by the horns
By TOM HAYES
A SMALL collection of dairy farmers from Gippsland underwent a GippsDairy workshop on Tuesday, February 6.
About 15 farmers from the region came...
Latrobe Valley’s future in hydrogen
By PHILIP HOPKINS
HYDROGEN and the potential of Gippsland and its industries to play a role in the hydrogen technologies seen as crucial for the...
Council Beat: February 2024 Meeting
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
MORWELL was on the agenda at Latrobe City Council's first monthly meeting of the year on Monday, February 6.
Council opted to move...
Police Beat: Firearms and drugs found
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
Five arrests: Firearms and drugs found
IMITATION firearms, ammunition, drugs, cash and stolen property have been seized, and five people were arrested, as...
Opal staff back at work, but uncertainty lingers
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
AFTER five days without pay out on the grass, Maryvale Mill's Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) members and Opal Australia Paper have...
Workers locked out of Maryvale Mill
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
MARYVALE Mill Australian Manufacturing Worker Union (AMWU) members congregated to form a picket line at Opal Australia’s front gates as enterprise agreement...
How a fire swallowed a mine and suffocated a community
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
FRIDAY 9, 2024 – this Friday – marks the 10th anniversary of the Hazelwood Mine Fire, a disaster the region will never...
Resilience of regional children
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
WITH the 10th anniversary of the Hazelwood Mine Fire upon us, new research has found that children exposed to air pollution in...
Local hunters get the green light
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
LOCAL hunters have rejoiced after the state government shot down the duck hunting debate, opting to keep the season in place.
While recreational...
Hyland Highway slip needs urgent action
STAFF WRITERS
MEMBER for Gippsland South, Danny O'Brien is demanding the Minister for Roads, Melissa Horne, to step in to deliver an urgent solution to...
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Councils combined in ESVF opposition
By AIDAN KNIGHT
LATROBE City Deputy Mayor, Sharon Gibson joined Baw Baw Shire counterparts at a public forum in Trafalgar at the weekend, in light...
