Immediate plantation burnoffs unlikely
Hancock Victorian Plantations has confirmed it is unlikely to undertake any planned burnings before Easter.
Boolarra CSG free
BOOLARRA will become the first town in the Latrobe Valley to declare itself 'Coal Seam Gas Free' with a declaration day organised by the Sustainable Boolarra Group for Sunday.
Opening a world of opportunities for students
Broadening the horizons of Gippsland's high school students was the focus of the day when education and government representatives joined forces on Thursday to discuss a new workplace learning project.
Three nabbed in Morwell marijuana busts
Three people were arrested when police located 755 cannabis plants at two Morwell residences on Thursday.
Patchy service causes daily frustration
Toongabbie retiree Peter Feenstra has a mobile phone, but he reckons a tin can and a string could do a better job with the area's patchy mobile network.
Valley black spots vie for funding
Latrobe Valley communities with poor to non-existent mobile phone coverage face some tough competition in their bid for a share of $100 million in Federal funding for troubled black spot areas.
Northe’s high stakes promotion
In his new found ministerial role, Member for Morwell Russell Northe pre-empts the balancing act of local constituent advocacy and power industry regulation.
Northe snags energy and resources portfolio
Member for Morwell Russell Northe has been appointed Minister for Energy and Resources and Small Business in a cabinet reshuffle ahead of the November state election.
We’ve come a long way, but…
Celine Foenander's letter to British women's activist Emmeline Pankhurst, beginning with the statement 'we've come a long way, but...'
Nola Henry on the front line
THE opportunity to help people live ordinary lives in disasters and conflict is what keeps a Glengarry resident working on the front line.
‘Now the hard work begins’
WITH the Hazelwood mine fire under control, the work to raise the profile of Morwell and the Gippsland region now begins, according to a local tourism operator.
New gear for Constable T Bear
Victoria Police's cuddliest member is available in his new uniform to raise money for projects commemorating officers killed in the line of duty.
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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,...
