Council Beat: February 2024 Meeting
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
MORWELL was on the agenda at Latrobe City Council's first monthly meeting of the year on Monday, February 6.
Council opted to move...
Police Beat: Firearms and drugs found
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
Five arrests: Firearms and drugs found
IMITATION firearms, ammunition, drugs, cash and stolen property have been seized, and five people were arrested, as...
Opal staff back at work, but uncertainty lingers
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
AFTER five days without pay out on the grass, Maryvale Mill's Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) members and Opal Australia Paper have...
Workers locked out of Maryvale Mill
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
MARYVALE Mill Australian Manufacturing Worker Union (AMWU) members congregated to form a picket line at Opal Australia’s front gates as enterprise agreement...
How a fire swallowed a mine and suffocated a community
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
FRIDAY 9, 2024 – this Friday – marks the 10th anniversary of the Hazelwood Mine Fire, a disaster the region will never...
Resilience of regional children
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
WITH the 10th anniversary of the Hazelwood Mine Fire upon us, new research has found that children exposed to air pollution in...
Local hunters get the green light
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
LOCAL hunters have rejoiced after the state government shot down the duck hunting debate, opting to keep the season in place.
While recreational...
Hyland Highway slip needs urgent action
STAFF WRITERS
MEMBER for Gippsland South, Danny O'Brien is demanding the Minister for Roads, Melissa Horne, to step in to deliver an urgent solution to...
Opening doors for women in science
STAFF WRITERS
ON the ninth annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGS), Gippsland Water is recognising staff who keep the taps running.
Each...
Chester has “unfinished business” for Gippsland
STAFF WRITERS
FEDERAL Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester has been pre-selected unopposed as The Nationals' candidate for the next election, due to be held in...
Police Beat: Morwell bomb threat
Morwell bomb threat
POLICE were called to a residence on Vary Street, Morwell, on Thursday (January, 25) after reports of a suspicious device.
The unidentified device...
Walhalla’s Hollywood makeover
By LIAM DURKIN
WALHALLA and Hollywood are not two words you would ordinarily find in the same sentence.
For a few days this month however, that...
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CJ flips Victorian clubs
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AFL EXPORTS
BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
OUT of favour Hawthorn utility, Morwell's Changkuoth Jiath has moved to Melbourne on the final day of the AFL Trade Period.
Jiath...
