EnergyAustralia face the courts
ENERGYAUSTRALIA Yallourn have fronted five charges for failing to provide and maintain a safe working environment.
EnergyAustralia Yallourn was charged after a fire broke out...
Police Beat: Five arrested following Moe shooting
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
FIVE ARRESTED FOLLOWING MOE SHOOTING
Armed Crime squad detectives are investigating a shooting in Moe on Monday night (November, 20).
Officers have been told...
Outage causes grief for local businesses
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
'FRUSTRATED' couldn't adequately describe the way Latrobe Valley small business owners felt amid the national Optus network outage.
More than 10 million Optus...
Havoc as Optus customers left stranded
By STEFAN BRADLEY
BUSINESSES that don’t rely on the Optus network could largely weather the storm after the company’s telecommunications services went down on Wednesday,...
The importance of being heard
When, in 1897, Guglielmo Marconi successfully sent the world’s first wireless radio message across open water, his primary interest had been in enabling contact...
Public intoxication reforms in place
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
THE state government is using a health-based response to combat public drunkenness, with a sobering up centre set for the Latrobe Valley....
The lifelong fight for legitimacy
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
A LOCAL Palestinian perspective on an international conflict.
“We are human”, seems like an odd statement to share as everyone indeed shares this...
Enshrining the SEC in the Constitution
THE state government plans to enshrine the State Electricity Commission (SEC) in Victoria's Constitution.
Minister for the State Electricity Commission, Lily D'Ambrosio, said the move...
New guard
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
LATROBE City Council has elected councillor Darren Howe as Mayor for the next year, while Cr Tracie Lund was elected the new...
Newborough’s ties to Aussie war hero
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
A TALE that makes its way across borders, centuries, generations and wars.
A story of loss and sacrifice - the story of...
Local paramedic claims Women in Leadership scholarship
AMBULANCE Victoria's (AV) Mirboo North Team Manager, Fiona Windsor, in recognition of her outstanding work, has received the 2023 Council of Ambulance Authority (CAA)...
Walhalla’s World Heritage listing bid
BAW Baw Shire will join 14 other local governments to pursue World Heritage listing by UNESCO as the most significant 19th century gold rush...
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Final VicGrid plan coming
By PHILIP HOPKINS
SUBMISSIONS on the state government's draft renewable energy zones (REZs) and transmission lines closed on Tuesday this week, but VicGrid's chief executive,...
