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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.

Hundreds of jobs to flow from Valley-based coal projects

TWO emerging brown coal technology developers will be granted $50 million in joint government funding today in an effort to diversify Latrobe Valley's future coal industry.

Better late than never

A TRARALGON woman was amused to discover a competition entry she sent to The Express nine months ago, only arrived at its destination last week.

Town liveability a priority: council

Latrobe City Council has called on the State Government to reconsider coal mining between Traralgon and Morwell following the adverse impact of the Hazelwood mine fire.

Green light for Caffrey’s state election campaign

A PUSH by the Greens to scuttle further development of Latrobe Valley's brown coal reserves by the State Government has its latest champion in the Morwell electorate, with the endorsement of Traralgon educator and environmentalist Dan Caffrey.

Federal Budget 2014: Immediate impact felt by doctors

Tuesday's federal budget announcement has already had a chilling effect on doctor consultations, with the medical community raising concerns that it may do more damage to healthcare services.

Federal Budget 2014: Dire prediction for the unemployed

A Latrobe Valley employment and learning agency has labelled the Federal Government's changes to the dole a "disastrous way to send people down a spiral to poverty".

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