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First female GTLC president announced

Female-orientated union activity in the Latrobe Valley can expect a profile boost.

Private agreement cut

Maryvale Private Hospital patients covered by health fund HCF will be forced to change insurers or travel to Melbourne for hospital care.

Export ambition

Mirboo North horticultural heiress Emma Germano is not going to stand by and watch her industry struggle.

Nervous funding wait

Stakeholders in multiple Latrobe Valley projects face a nervous wait on funding news from the new Federal Coalition Government, with the possibility some will not go ahead.

‘Brazen’ bank robbery

A man has been taken into police custody following an armed bank robbery at Moe this afternoon.

Vote defended

Councillor Dale Harriman has defended his decision to vote on the Moe railway revitalisation project governance review on Monday night.

Council spending overhaul

A LATROBE City councillor has made a last-ditch effort to stop a major overhaul of how council spends ratepayer money, from the purchase of office equipment, to large construction projects.

Pharmacy safety concern continues

THE Fair Work Commission is expected to deal with issues plaguing Latrobe Regional Hospital's pharmacy later this month.

Hazelwood sets pondage adrift

Latrobe City ratepayers could financially shoulder Hazelwood power station's latest cost-cutting measure, as part of a new lease arrangement proposal for Hazelwood Pondage.

Drug spike prompts call for education

A JUMP in drug offences across the Latrobe Valley has been used as the basis for a State Opposition push to see drug awareness staff reinstated in the education system.

Patients charged for ‘ramping’

THE State Government came under fire this week after news broke of an expensive charge being levied on sick patients while they lay on stretchers inside the emergency departments of regional hospitals.

Morwell home ransacked

A Morwell home was targeted twice in three days last week, with about $20,000 worth of goods stolen.

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