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Problem not being parked

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT   CONSENSUS seems to have been met regarding Latrobe City Council's Streetscapes Strategy, which would see the removal of more than 70 carpark...

Cr Sharon Gibson wins mayoral election

By AIDAN KNIGHT   LATROBE City councillors Sharon Gibson and Dale Harriman have swapped positions. Cr Gibson will lead council after winning last Thursday's mayoral election, while...

Energy hubs here to help

By PHILIP HOPKINS   A SOUTH Gippsland livestock farmer, Lindsay Marriott, has backed renewable energy, in a presentation to a Senate inquiry. Mr Marriott, a beef and...

Affordability still the key to power

By PHILIP HOPKINS   THE peak energy body, the Australian Energy Council, whose members includes Latrobe Valley operators AGL and Energy Australia, maintains that affordability is...

Further timber blow as Yarram mill closes, more than 70 jobs to go

By AIDAN KNIGHT AND PHILIP HOPKINS   FEDERAL Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester, has blamed the state government's axing of Victoria's native forest industry as a...

New life for Yallourn W

By PHILIP HOPKINS   ENERGY Australia will convert the Yallourn W coal station site into a low-carbon emissions hub supplying data centres, industry and households, in...

First-ever Aussie Disposals shut since September, still no explanation provided

By AIDAN KNIGHT   THE original Aussie Disposals store in Moe, the first in what became one of Australia's most recognisable outdoor and camping chains, permanently...

Answers captured in carbon

By PHILIP HOPKINS   A COAL-FIRED power station in China is using carbon capture and storage to sequester carbon dioxide, representing a transformative leap in the...

Exclusive look inside the Metro Tunnel

By AIDAN KNIGHT   THE Express was recently invited to a limited press-only tour of the Metro Tunnel, slated for opening in less than a month. The...

Best in the business at People’s Choice Awards

By LIAM DURKIN   LATROBE City Business Chamber hosted its People's Choice Awards gala night last Friday. The most popular businesses, as chosen by voters, were formally...

Adult time for violent crime

By DAVID BRAITHWAITE   ALL children 14 and above committing violent crimes - like invading someone's home or injuring someone with a machete - will face...

Region pauses for Remembrance Day

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT, KATRINA BRANDON, LIAM DURKIN and AIDAN KNIGHT   AUSTRALIANS paused at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month last...

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Locals caught out in Boxing Day debacle

CRICKET By LIAM DURKIN HOW club cricket could you get - getting done reverse outright on Day 2. Local cricket fans were left disappointed following this year's...