Russell Northe handed jail time
FORMER Member for Morwell, Russell Northe, has been sentenced to 21 months jail.
Mr Northe was sentenced today in Melbourne’s County Court.
The former MP previously...
CarbonNet pipeline stakeholder consultation
By PHILIP HOPKINS
THE landmark federal-state CarbonNet project, which aims to take carbon dioxide emissions from the Latrobe Valley and sequester them under Bass Strait,...
Generational ties to Maryvale Private
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
THE Smith family now have three generations working at Maryvale Private Hospital.
For the last 30 years, the Smith name has become...
Karen Cain inducted to Honour Roll
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
FORMER Latrobe Valley Authority Chief Executive, Karen Cain is one of the 22 new inductees to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women....
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...