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Who will get the keys to The Lodge?

By LIAM DURKIN   STRAP yourself in (especially if you live in Monash). The federal election has been called for May 3, 2025. Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese...

“Toughest bail laws” passed in Parliament

By DAVID BRAITHWAITE   THE legislation in what the state government has called the "toughest bail laws" in Australia have passed through Parliament. The government says community...

Seven years for nuclear: Parker

By PHILIP HOPKINS   A 1000 megawatt nuclear power station using South Korean expertise could be built in the Latrobe Valley in seven years, with a...

Coach service set to remain as it currently is

By STEFAN BRADLEY   IN response to community outcry, the state government has committed to not make changes to the Yarram/Leongatha to Southern Cross V/Line coach...

Confidence growing for new gas field

By PHILIP HOPKINS   LAKES Blue Energy is increasingly confident that within a few months, its 21-year struggle to get a new big onshore gas field...

Incident highlights need for more PSOs

By TOM HAYES   AN alleged attack of a 49-year-old Traralgon woman travelling on V/Line’s Gippsland Line has intensified calls from The Nationals, for the state...

Students buckle down for NAPLAN

STAFF WRITERS   THE annual NAPLAN assessments commenced last week (March 12), and saw almost 1.3 million students take the tests in more than 9400 schools...

Tough bail laws, machete ban introduced

By TOM HAYES   VICTORIA is set to have the "toughest bail laws" in the country, after the Premier Jacinta Allan, Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny, and Minster...

Police Beat: Appeal for assault witnesses

Police Beat with Tom Hayes   Appeal for assault witnesses TRARALGON Police are investigating an assault that is alleged to have occurred at Kmart, Traralgon on Tuesday,...

ICON Morwell to start construction

By PHILIP HOPKINS   CONSTRUCTION of civil works is set to start on the largest industrial and commercial project in Gippsland – the ICON Innovation Park...

MICA paramedics deployed in Morwell

STAFF WRITERS   THE largest-ever intake into Ambulance Victoria's Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance (MICA) Bridging Program has hit the road. New MICAs are delivering more specialised, lifesaving...

Historic Walhalla makes its move

By KATRINA BRANDON   A GOLDEN destiny is set for Victoria's World Heritage Bid nomination, with Walhalla Goldfields one of many locations included in the Tentative...

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Final VicGrid plan coming

By PHILIP HOPKINS   SUBMISSIONS on the state government's draft renewable energy zones (REZs) and transmission lines closed on Tuesday this week, but VicGrid's chief executive,...