Transmission line study area released
By PHILIP HOPKINS
VICGRID has released its study area for the new transmission infrastructure through South Gippsland that will transport energy from offshore wind into...
New mental health centre
STAFF WRITERS
CONSTRUCTION is now underway on a new Youth Prevention and Recovery Care (YPARC) centre in Traralgon.
A key recommendation from the Royal Commission into...
Farmers attack new energy fast-track
By PHILIP HOPKINS
THE state government's new policy to fast-track renewable energy projects by accelerating planning approvals has been strongly attacked by Victoria's peak farming...
Calls to improve disaster resilience
STAFF WRITERS
THE Federal Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester, has urged Telstra's Chief Executive, Vicki Brady, to keep investing in disaster resilience and improved telecommunications...
Repairs funded amid damning report
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
A $99.5 million rebuild and recovery package has been announced for the most damaged roads in the state, including those damaged by...
Price tag of Games cancellation
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
IT cost the state government around $590 million to pull out of the 2026 Commonwealth Games a new report finds.
Victorian Auditor-General (VAGO)...
Fighting farm fatigue
STAFF WRITERS
SHEEP and cropping farmer Jack Armstrong knows that in agriculture it pays to be proactive with safety, particularly when it comes to managing...
LRH to receive Good Friday funding
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
LATROBE Regional Health (LRH) is among five regional hospitals that will benefit from this year’s Good Friday Appeal for the first time...
Council advocates in Canberra
STAFF WRITERS
IN the lead up to the Federal Budget being handed down this May, Latrobe City Mayor, Darren Howe, and chief executive, Steven Piasente,...
Nurses and midwives at crisis point
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
PUBLIC sector nurses in Victoria have taken a step toward protected industrial action following a vote on Thursday, March 21.
On behalf of...
Police Beat: Attempted kidnapping in Traralgon
POLICE BEAT with Zaida Glibanovic
Attempted kidnapping on busy Traralgon street
LATROBE Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating an attempted kidnapping in Traralgon last Thursday (March...
LRH’s Premier premiere
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
THE Premier of Victoria, Jacinta Allan, and the Minister of Health, Mary-Anne Thomas, visited the Latrobe Regional Hospital (LRH) last Friday (March...
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Clare’s Law vital in ending domestic violence
By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
A LOCAL working within the community services sector has helped surge a potentially lifesaving domestic violence disclosure scheme in Victoria.
Latrobe Valley resident...
