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Workers face a joyless Christmas

Up to 40 Federation Training staff members face unemployment this festive season, with the TAFE confirming it will not renew some expiring contracts.

A perspective in Valley transition

Uncertain to hopeful, overwhelmed to excited. That was the change in Latrobe Valley residents' thinking about the region's future in the space of just two hours on Thursday night.

Get them while they’re hot

Anglers can already be seen on the banks of the Hazelwood Pondage in anticipation of a catch before the State Government announces 'open season' on barramundi.

Tools help mend spirits

Four years ago Christmas was stolen from a Work for the Dole program in Moe when tools were pilfered from the RRR emporium in late December.

Valley health advocates win award

Voices of the Valley was recognised with an award for promoting health equity in the Latrobe Valley, during the 2016 VicHealth Awards on Thursday night.

Tomorrow’s ideas today

Traralgon College hosted its first ever 'Entrepreneurs Expo' on Wednesday, 23 November.

Jack and the Wizzybug

When Jack Radford was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and quadriplegia there was a lot his parents were told he would never do.

Resilience key to transition

THERE was a period five years ago when it was difficult to pick up a newspaper or attend a community forum in the Latrobe Valley without encountering Greg Combet.

No place for violence: Latrobe takes a stand

SUPPORT services across the Latrobe Valley have welcomed plans for an inner Gippsland 'support and safety hub' as part of a 10-year strategy to end family violence, but question how it will operate.

The face of road trauma

HE may not be pretty, but Graham knows how to withstand a car crash.

Writing on the wall for coal-fired power stations

THE closure of Australia's coal-fired power stations is "inevitable" with or without government intervention and planning must be done to ensure an orderly transition, according to a Senate committee interim report.

Battle lines drawn

STRIKES and an employee lock-out loom at Loy Yang with workers voting for work stoppages and bans to operate power generating units.

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