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Container Deposit Scheme now underway

By TOM HAYES ONE man’s trash could now be his treasure. Earlier this month on Wednesday, November 1 the state government launched the Container Deposit...

Council Beat: November 2023 Meeting

ALMOST every topic seemed to be the matter of debate at the Latrobe City Council meeting last Monday, November 6 at the Gippsland Performing...

Closure of native timber harvesting contradicts national-state method

By PHILIP HOPKINS THE state government’s regulation of timber harvesting, which has led to the impending closure of Gippsland’s native forest industry in January,...

Advantage Aldred

By PHILIP HOPKINS MARY Aldred, the former chief executive of the Committee for Gippsland, has been resoundingly endorsed as the Liberal candidate for Monash at...

Dennis Jones Engineering and director fined for workplace incident

By TOM HAYES DENNIS Jones Engineering and its director, Dennis Jones, have been slapped with one of the biggest fines in WorkSafe history today (November...

Morwell making movement inclusive

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC A LOCAL venue is making a start in breaking the barriers for multicultural women's participation in physical activity. Latrobe Leisure Centre in Morwell...

‘Wheely Serious’ about accessibility

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC IMPROVING accessibility is the goal for the Wheely Serious Project. While the name is a reflection of the light-hearted nature of the people...

Christmas ready in Valley with new FedEx

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC HAVE no fear, FedEx is here and just in time for Christmas. Everyone knows how busy those months leading into the festive season...

Our own superhero: Captain Australia

By KATRINA BRANDON THROUGH wet, cold, warm and fires, Captain Australia is here walking around Australia raising money for cancer in children. He is the ‘dag...

Lessons from Tasmania’s timber industry

By PHILIP HOPKINS THE 'precautionary principle' is not included in the Tasmanian Forest Practices Code, where a more pragmatic approach manages any threatened species, according...

Traffic trauma

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC and ZOE ASKEW IT has been a horror week on roads around Moe and Newborough, with two separate incidents leading to deaths. Tragedy...

Mushroom case heard

ERIN Patterson fronted the Latrobe Valley Magistrates' Court in Morwell this morning (Friday, November 3) at around 10.15am.The 49-year-old Leongatha woman was arrested yesterday...

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Prepare for winter driving conditions this King’s Birthday weekend

STAFF WRITERS   VICTORIAN road users are being urged to prepare for winter driving conditions as intrastate travel is expected to increase over the King’s Birthday...