The divisive HESC hydrogen project
By PHILIP HOPKINS
VICTORIA'S Energy Minister, Lily D'Ambrosio, has challenged the Japanese companies behind the $2.3 billion Gippsland HESC hydrogen project to prove that carbon...
Future of our mine rehabilitation
By KATRINA BRANDON
THE operators of the Latrobe Valley coal mines will have to develop more detailed rehabilitation plans under amendments to the Latrobe Valley...
Tyers bridge scheduled for December re-opening
THE Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has received confirmation from the Minister for Roads and Road Safety that the Latrobe River Bridge in...
Puzzling package
By PHILIP HOPKINS
THE Nationals have labelled Labor's forestry compensation package an insult, demanding the Allan Labor government immediately head back to the drawing board.
Speaking...
Call to reduce threats of future fires
MORE than 130 people attending a public meeting at Mallacoota last week have called for fuel reduction on public land to fight the threat...
Hospital recruitment goes global
LATROBE Regional Health has been looking near and far for new nurses, doctors and allied health professionals to join the team.
There is growing demand...
Emergency markers installed
THE Moe Yallourn Rail Trail Committee of Management, a small but active group of volunteers, is responsible for caring for and maintaining the Moe...
Stuck in limbo
By PHILIP HOPKINS
MILLIONS of dollars of road upgrades in Gippsland are in limbo after a federal government audit that found a $33 billion blowout...
Gippsland says ‘No’ to the Referendum
THE Voice Referendum was defeated on Saturday night, as the majority of Australia voted ‘No’ to constitutional change to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to...
A look inside the new and improved Kernot Hall
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
THE revitalised Kernot Hall was unveiled last Friday.
The old building has been transformed thanks to the state government's Community Infrastructure Loans...
Review finds Indigenous groups want more involvement
By PHILIP HOPKINS
TIMBER harvesting is not a concern of Gippsland Indigenous groups, who overwhelmingly want to be involved in direct management of forests before,...
Traralgon childcare centre to go ahead
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
PARENTS may rejoice as Traralgon will soon get another childcare centre to help address huge shortages.
At the last Latrobe City Council meeting...
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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,...
