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Bringing business back to Morwell

A $670,000 project to revive Morwell's business sector will see each of the town's households receive $100 to spend within the town next week.

Vandalised, again

Commerical Road Primary school has again be targeted after a string of vandal attacks.

Fast food giant forced to wait

Permission for a second McDonald's restaurant in Traralgon has not yet been granted, with Latrobe City Council deferring a decision until the next council meeting on 10 June.

Think about your behaviour

The latest police operation to target assaults in Gippsland will have "no end date".

Welcome transformation

One of Moe's most infamous eyesores is undergoing a facelift - 12 years after students left the Presentation College campus on Wirraway Street.

Asbestos agency not ‘window dressing’

Gippsland Asbestos-Related Disease Support group has defended the agency tasked with eradicating asbestos after it was criticised by Federal Finance Minister Mathias Cormann.

Stifling budget cuts

Latrobe City Council is reeling from changes to its annual funding announced in the federal budget, which may require council to reassess its own 2014/15 budget.

Mine rehabilitation efforts ‘negligible’

The rehabilitation efforts at the Hazelwood open cut to reduce fire risk has been found negligible in an environment body's submission to the Hazelwood Mine Inquiry.

Vital youth organisation in doubt

Doubt has been cast over the future of an organisation that supports disengaged youth, after funding was ceased in the Federal Government's 2014/15 budget.

New coal tech ‘more harm than good’

Emerging brown coal technology development projects announced for the Latrobe Valley could pollute more over their full lifecycle than existing conventional alternatives, according to an environment body.

Left to fend for himself

A Koornalla man attempting to rebuild after the Black Saturday bushfires, targeted by serial thefts on his property, has accused the Traralgon police of ignoring his plight.

Robotic inspiration

Robots capable of propelling ping pong balls or following fixed race track courses hope to inspire Gippsland high school students into engineering careers.

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