Unions prepare for mill mediation
Unions are confident upcoming enterprise bargaining negotiations at the Maryvale Mill will be "respectful" and "productive", despite a range of ominous signs for the operation's future.
Barnaby’s backing backfires
A recent vote of confidence in the Maryvale Mill by Nationals deputy leader Barnaby Joyce has kick-started a wave of backlash from environmental activists, claiming the move would further threaten the endangered Leadbeater's possum.
Site blackban lifted
A key Gippsland-based union official's year-long fight against a work site entry ban has been successful, after he was granted entry permit rights in the Fair Work Commission on Thursday.
Industrial history explored
Police officers were outnumbered 100 to one in October last year when hoards of construction workers descended on the front gates of Maryvale Mill lobbying for the rights of local workers.
Police continue hunt for Morwell Club robber
Police are still on the hunt for the man who robbed the Morwell Club armed with a kitchen knife in January.
Crime rates up in Victoria
A 2.5 per cent Victorian crime rate increase has been attributed to the ice epidemic, however local police say other factors could have contributed.
EPA questioned on lack of community information
The Environment Protection Authority is investigating whether Energy Australia Yallourn has breached the Environment Protection Act, following an ash slurry spill into the Morwell River.
Show respect for all cultures
Latrobe City councillor Kellie O'Callaghan has launched a social media campaign in the wake of controversial comments made by her fellow councillor Christine Sindt.
Home-based care for Victorian children
Children across Victoria will move out of residential units and into home-based care as part of a $43 million State Government investment announced this week.
A whole new world
Gippsland's incoming Anglican Bishop Kay Goldsworthy is preparing to take on "a whole new world" when she is installed this Saturday.
Roads to the small screen
The Latrobe Valley's top traffic cop Senior Sergeant Clint Wilson packed up his desk on Tuesday as he prepares for a new leadership role that will see him swap the local streets for a small screen set.
Extremism, Islam one and the same to Cr Sindt
Latrobe City councillor Christine Sindt's continued public comments about Islam are drawing further community outrage, with allegations she is in breach of council's social media policy and damaging the reputation of the region.
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Nothing but roses for the Blues
FOOTBALL
NORTH GIPPSLAND
By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
RIGHT when it seemed as though the ladder had begun to shape itself accordingly in North Gippsland, here came Round 14.
While...
