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‘Maybe next time’: Broadbent

Federal Member for McMillan Russell Broadbent says he is staggered by the support he received from across Australia after his unsuccessful bid for the Speaker of the House of Representatives position.

Longford gas battle gets cooking

An ongoing industrial dispute at Esso's Longford gas plant and offshore oil rigs is set to intensify, amid no signs of an agreement between unions and the company.

Shots fired during Rosedale greyhound inspection

Greyhound Racing Victoria inspectors were allegedly shot at during a routine property inspection at Rosedale on Tuesday.

Sale chosen as mine fire comparison community

Sale has been announced as the comparison community for the health study into the long-term effects of the Hazelwood mine fire.

Same-sex vote stymied

Advocates for equality in Gippsland are grappling with the reality the next opportunity to legalise gay marriage may not occur until after a 2016 federal election.

The Valley versus the apocalypse

Bucketloads of blood and gore are set to splatter when the zombie apocalypse comes to the Morwell big screen on Monday.

Get cops out of court security: union

Police conducting security work at the Latrobe Valley Magistrates' Court should be shifted back to regular duties, the Police Association of Victoria says.

Linking up through proactive portal

High school students seeking to link up with Gippsland businesses to complete work experience now have access to a local online booking portal.

Mine worker battles life-threatening illness

Fifteen months after working on the Hazelwood mine fire frontline, David Briggs' lung capacity dropped by more than half.

Art’s response to the Valley

A fossilised Kauri log excavated out of the Loy Yang open cut mine is at the centerpiece of a sensory exhibition that responds to the Latrobe Valley landscape.

‘Rank and file Nazi’ charged

A Moe man has been charged after making death and rape threats to Yarra Councillor Stephen Jolly and his family.

Minister apologises

The State Government has conceded the removal and cremation of a body from the Traralgon Memorial Cemetery last year without his family's knowledge "should not have happened".

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