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Two green thumbs up for project
Gippsland politicians have thrown their support behind blooming sunflowers across the Latrobe Valley as students, community groups and service organisations plant out vacant blocks with seeds.
Small reprieve for service station
Latrobe City Council has extended the deadline for the demolition of an unfinished service station at Traralgon South, maintaining its plan to tear down the building itself, if the owner does not.
Heartbreaking journey to help save lives
Melissa Riddle and Jenifer Hanratty have raised $25,000 for Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia, a charity preventing deaths or injuries related to childbirth.
Walking, the safe option
A small group of people with disabilities have won a campaign to improve road safety for the wider Moe community near the town's infamous five-way roundabout.
Yinnar South grass fire treated as suspicious
A grass fire in Yinnar South yesterday is being treated as suspicious, although the cause of the blaze remains unknown.
Mine rehab ‘neglected and ignored’
Filling each of the Latrobe Valley's three mine voids with water to varying degrees will be the most viable rehabilitation option, in the view of counsel assisting the Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry.
Lake Narracan transformation gathers steam
The Lake Narracan Precinct Structure Plan has received the state planning minister's tick of approval - 12 months after Latrobe City councillors adopted the 'big-picture' development strategy.
Mine operators could ‘walk away’
A VICTORIAN mine regulator has told an inquiry there is a 50-50 chance mine operators could "walk away" from their rehabilitation bonds.
Morwell support centre makes immediate difference
A NEW approach to supporting sexual assault victims is already making a difference, just two weeks into its operation.
Mine rehabilitation bonds ‘unnecessary’
THREE coal mine operator representatives have told the Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry rehabilitation bonds are unnecessary.
EPA has ‘no will’ to exercise powers
The Environment Protection Authority has ignored a mandatory obligation for mines to provide financial assurances regarding rehabilitation.
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