Lessons from Germany’s industry
By PHILIP HOPKINS
GERMANY'S brown coal industry in the famous Rhineland region, which inspired Sir John Monash to build the State Electricity Commission using Latrobe...
Ferguson found in breach of council conduct
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
LATROBE City Councillor Melissa Ferguson was required to apologise at the council meeting last Monday, after an arbitration report found her online...
Access to service concerns
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
ACCESS to health services was the primary concern for the community, the Latrobe Health Advocate found in her quarterly report for April...
Large rent rises with little relief
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
AS the national cabinet met in Brisbane recently, to discuss the housing crisis, there were calls from advocacy groups and the federal...
Lessons from Canadian forest fires
COMMENT
By ROGER UNDERWOOD
RECENT multi-million-hectare forest fires in Canada have again highlighted the dichotomy of opinion within the Australian community when it comes to...
Need for greater control of the forestry industry
By PHILIP HOPKINS
THE federal Opposition has called on the Albanese government to take greater control of the forest industry despite the Labor Party rejecting...
Digger’s cremated remains can now be laid to rest
A DECEASED serviceman whose cremated remains were found in a Gippsland garage can now be laid to rest, after some collaborative detective work between...
Seeking pastures
By LIAM DURKIN
THE grass certainly isn't greener in Traralgon, Moe or Churchill at the moment.
That's because the surface of football grounds at Terry Hunter...
BoM bushfire warning for Gippsland’s Spring
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
AS the cold weather ends and spring makes its way in, experts warn that Gippsland is at increased risk of bushfires.
Most of...
Timber trauma displayed
By KATRINA BRANDON
ABOUT 500 people attended another timber rally in Traralgon last week to protest against the state government’s policy to close the native...
Police Beat: Fatal collision in Hernes Oak
FATAL COLLISION IN HERNES OAK
MAJOR Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a fatal collision in Hernes Oak on Friday, August 18.
Emergency services were called...
Coal door left open amid transition plans
AGL announced it has entered into a Structured Transition Agreement (STA) with the state government on Monday, August 21, relating to arrangements for the...
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The day Morwell East marched the flag home
FOOTBALL
MID GIPPSLAND
By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
PAST players from Morwell East Football-Netball Club’s last senior flag gathered at the weekend during the Hawks home bout against Foster.
The...
