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Remembering the apology

Morwell's Indigenous community gathered to mark a decade since former prime minster Kevin Rudd made his landmark national apology to the Stolen Generations on February 13.

Destined for country success

It wasn't until Destiny's Thomas Libreri moved to the Latrobe Valley with his wife and fellow band member Tessa, he realised his parents had first settled in Morwell after emigrating from Malta.

Demolition mission

Energy Brix Australia Corporation will apply for a demolition permit for Morwell Power Station and briquette factory from the Heritage Council despite the council adding the site to the heritage register earlier this week, EBAC remediation general manager Barry Dungey said.

Energy Brix threatens to abandon heritage-listed site

Energy Brix Australia Corporation will abandon the former Morwell Power Station and briquette factory if it cannot get approval for demolition of the site, EBAC chief executive Barry Dungey said.

Heritage decision a win for industrial tourism vision: Wragg

The Heritage Council's decision to include Morwell Power Station and briquette factory on the Victorian Heritage Register is the first step in creating an industrial heritage site of national and international significance, proponent Cheryl Wragg said.

Demolition is safer than decontamination

Demolition of Morwell Power Station and briquette factory was safer than decontaminating the site, Asbestos Council of Victoria/GARDS chief executive Vicki Hamilton said.

Council says state must pay to maintain listed sites

The decision to heritage-list the Morwell Power Station and briquette factory was made by a state agency and responsibility for the site should now lie with the state, Latrobe City mayor Darrell White says.

State lacks vision for Valley

A key Latrobe Valley figure, Richard Elkington, has criticised the state government, accusing it of a failure to provide a vision to develop the region's brown coal resource.

Golfing for Gordon

Ex Students Cricket Club life member Gordon Kerr was a genuine and giving soul who epitomised the values of his club.

Kids win in bun frenzy

Bushies Bakery owner Trevor Ewert said it was "open slather" from after Australia Day as people lined Glengarry's main street for his crazy take on hot cross buns.

New treatment offers seed of hope

Sixty-five-year-old Morwell man Paul Butterworth returned to work within a week of receiving treatment for prostate cancer at Latrobe Regional Hospital, only minutes from home.

All about algorithms at Traralgon studio

Traralgon resident Cameron Greenslade said he could solve a Rubik’s cube “reasonably quickly”, however, not within seconds like some people can.

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