Council’s quiet achiever stepping down
By LIAM DURKIN
LATROBE City Council Law and Councillor Law won’t be getting muddled up in the same sentence anymore.
West Ward councillor Brad Law has...
Nuclear the ‘greenest’ energy source
By PHILIP HOPKINS
CUTTING greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change requires nuclear energy and is impossible with just wind and solar.
That was a key...
Disaster fears quashed at forum
By PHILIP HOPKINS
FEARS about potential for deaths and long-term health impacts from a nuclear accident are highly exaggerated, visiting engineers told the nuclear industry...
New pay deal for paramedics
STAFF WRITERS
AMBULANCE Victoria and unions have reached an in-principle agreement over a new pay deal.
The settlement offer follows careful consideration of 800-plus submitted claims...
Steering students on track
By TOM HAYES
HIGH school students across Victoria and the Latrobe Valley are being guided in the right direction thanks to the Blue Edge program.
The...
Yallourn workers to be backpaid
STAFF WRITERS
MEMBERS at Yallourn Power Station will be backpaid superannuation after the Fair Work Commission ruled in favour of the Mining and Energy Union...
Police Beat: Moe car collision
Police Beat with Tom Hayes
Moe intersection collision
A CAR collision occurred on Waterloo Road in Moe on the morning of Tuesday, September 24.
The incident occurred...
Operation Scoreboard underway
STAFF WRITERS
POLICE are warning there will be zero tolerance for drink and drug driving over the AFL Grand Final long weekend.
Operation Scoreboard, which kicks...
Morwell to host policing forum
BY KATRINA BRANDON
VICTORIA Police is holding a road policing and safety forum in Morwell on Monday, September 30.
The conference comes as lives lost reaches...
Gas needed to secure local jobs
By PHILIP HOPKINS
MARTIN Ferguson, a former president of the ACTU and former federal Labor Minister for Energy, has called for a gas-fired power station...
Middlemiss makes his point clear
By PHILIP HOPKINS
LATROBE City Councillor Graeme Middlemiss, introducing last week's meeting in Morwell on nuclear energy for the Latrobe Valley, had a clear message:...
Nominations in for Latrobe City Council elections
By LIAM DURKIN
NOMINATIONS for Latrobe City Council elections closed at 12pm on Tuesday, September 17.
Twenty people have nominated for local council positions.
There are nine...
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Delburn turbines could be as tall as Loy Yang cooling towers
By AIDAN KNIGHT
THE State Electricity Commission hosted a series of drop-in sessions recently, catering to both community and industry, in an effort to educate...
