Chained to the trip
By LIAM DURKIN
LATROBE City Council passed a notice of motion at an unscheduled council meeting on Monday, March 31 to send mayor Dale Harriman...
Top Pub sells
STAFF WRITERS
MORWELL'S Top Pub has sold for $3.495 million.
The buyer is a Victorian-based investor with local business interests in the region who saw potential...
Round in circles
By PHILIP HOPKINS
A MELBOURNE-based company that uses its own innovative technology aims to set up a recycling plant in Morwell that would make the...
Five-figure fine issued for Paper Australia
STAFF WRITERS
PAPER Australia Pty Ltd was sentenced in the Latrobe Valley Magistrates' Court on Thursday, March 20 after pleading guilty to a single charge...
Out of his own pocket
By LIAM DURKIN
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
LATROBE City Councillors may have inadvertently borrowed...
COVID’s lasting impact on the health system
By ERIKA ALLEN
IN March 2020, healthcare systems had to adapt rapidly as the first wave of COVID cases arrived. Hospitals, including Central Gippsland Health...
EnergyAustralia fined and convicted
STAFF WRITERS
ENERGYAUSTRALIA was handed a $170,000 fine and a conviction after being sentenced in the Latrobe Valley County Court on March 27.
The company had...
Budget handed down, $50 tax cut
By DAVID BRAITHWATE
With the federal election called for May 3, the federal budget (released Tuesday, March 25) is seen as a taste of things...
OHS sentencing recommendations made
By TOM HAYES
FOLLOWING an extensive reviewing and reporting phase lasting about 12 months, the Sentencing Advisory Council has published 12 recommendations for sentencing regarding...
Who will get the keys to The Lodge?
By LIAM DURKIN
STRAP yourself in (especially if you live in Monash).
The federal election has been called for May 3, 2025. Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese...
“Toughest bail laws” passed in Parliament
By DAVID BRAITHWAITE
THE legislation in what the state government has called the "toughest bail laws" in Australia have passed through Parliament.
The government says community...
Seven years for nuclear: Parker
By PHILIP HOPKINS
A 1000 megawatt nuclear power station using South Korean expertise could be built in the Latrobe Valley in seven years, with a...
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Machete ban sweeps Victoria
STAFFWRITERS
THE state government has used extraordinary powers to totally ban the sale of machetes.
Machete sale bans came into effect Wednesday, May 28.
Premier Jacinta Allan...
