Housing plan for regions
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
WITH the cost of living crisis increasing and the housing supply scarce, the state government has released new housing reforms, unveiling short-stay...
Public comeback
LATROBE City Council have moved its meetings back in-person, with a few minor adjustments.
The council moved meetings online, citing safety concerns following disturbances at...
Clinical trials offer help for cancer patients
YOU’D think Steve Wadey and Marilyn De Haas know each other because they both live Stratford, and less than a kilometre from each other.
Steve...
New scholarships to help fight shortage of teachers
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
THE state government will make studying secondary education free from 2024 to help combat the chronic shortage of teachers in Victoria.
The former...
Zero state action
By PHILIP HOPKINS
THE Victorian government has not replied to the RFA Major Event Review 18 months after it was submitted despite its 37 recommendations...
No: Voice will create chaos and division
THE ‘No’ campaign, ‘Australians for Unity’, is led by Indigenous businessman and community leader, Nyunggai Warren Mundine, and the Shadow Indigenous Australians Minister, Senator...
Yes: a chance to voice their opinion
THE October 14 referendum on the Aboriginal Voice to Parliament is an opportunity for Australians to finally fix one missing piece of the Constitution...
A “spectacular fall from grace”
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
THE former Member for Morwell, Russell Northe, will be sentenced later this month after pleading guilty to two counts of misconduct of...
Concerning women’s health outcomes
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
GIPPSLAND women are suffering from alarming and disproportionate rates of gendered and family violence, Gippsland Women's Health's (GWH) first annual report card...
Research into zero emission and alternative uses of coal
By PHILIP HOPKINS
US President Joe Biden has put billions of dollars into research on ways to use coal to make products without burning the...
Practical action needed in transition
By PHILIP HOPKINS
BLIND ideology that ignores practical action and local knowledge is undermining the role that the Latrobe Valley can play in helping to...
Morwell SEC presence confirmed
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
THE re-established State Electricity Commission (SEC) will definitely have an office in Morwell.
The interim chief executive of the SEC, Chris Miller,...
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Rodeo honour full of grace
TRARALGON local Grace ‘Gigi’ Griffith has brought a national honour back home, being crowned first runner-up in the 2025 Australian Rodeo Queen Quest.
The competition,...
