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Royal farewell

By STEFAN BRADLEY and ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   ROYAL Freemasons have sold their Moe and Sale aged care homes to the not-for-profit organisation Respect. In a statement released...

Just what the doctor ordered

STAFF WRITERS   MARYVALE Private Hospital is delighted to announce the introduction of a comprehensive General Practitioner (GP) service, set to commence in March 2024. Recognising the...

Call for coal reserves to avoid blackouts

By PHILIP HOPKINS   ENERGYAustralia Managing Director, Mark Collette, has urged the states to set up government-backed strategic reserves of coal power that can be called...

de Fegely resigns from Bendigo Bank over forest policy

By PHILIP HOPKINS   A LEADING Australian forestry expert has resigned from Bendigo Bank over its policy not to support the harvesting of native forest. Rob de...

Timber processors soldier on

By PHILIP HOPKINS   SEVERAL Gippsland hardwood timber processors have vowed to continue operating despite being barred from access to the region's native forest. The chief executive...

Car park projects underway

STAFF WRITERS   LATROBE City Council has begun design work for two major local car park projects, located respectively at 2 Kay Street, Traralgon and 141...

Education divide widens

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   THE gap between city and regional schools has never been wider, the latest NAPLAN results show. The average of the five test results...

Emergency flood warning inquiry

STAFF WRITERS   THE gaps in emergency warnings during the June 2021 Latrobe Valley floods were highlighted by local resident experts who travelled to Melbourne to...

Electric vehicle kilometre-based tax scrapped

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   WHEN Andrew Matthews from Traralgon learnt about the state levy on electric vehicles (EVs), he thought it was "a bit ridiculous". But after...

Doctor visit costs on the rise

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   GP visits will now cost you an arm and a leg as average consultation rates have risen $10 in the past year. Increased...

Moe’s notorious intersection

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   ANOTHER serious incident at the notorious railway crossing intersection in Moe has sparked outrage. On Friday, December 6, emergency service crews were called...

Life-saving technology added to V/Line trains

STAFF WRITERS   THE state government has begun installing Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) on V/Line trains to provide vital assistance to passengers in case of an...

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