Gippsland MP relaxes gay marriage stance
FEDERAL ELECTION: Darren Chester has shifted his views on gay marriage.
Quick-thinking kids
Overcoming fear when his grandmother went into a seizure on the couch of his Traralgon home, nine year-old Jai Clark-Akkerman, went straight for the telephone.
Moe murder appeal denied
The man jailed for the 2011 stabbing death of two men in Moe has lost an appeal against his conviction.
New freight gateway
The Latrobe Valley could become the rail freight gateway for Gippsland businesses transporting goods to port before the year is out, through an inter-modal precinct at the Maryvale paper mill.
Moe Cup cancelled
The Moe Cup has been cancelled for a third consecutive year amid fears the recently redeveloped track surface will not be ready for racing by December.
Doubt over funding
Doubt has been cast over millions of dollars in federal funding for Latrobe Valley projects following revelations the government failed to finalise funding agreements with recipients before the election period.
Union lifts uni results ban
An industrial ban on the release of Monash University student results has been lifted, after being overturned in a successful appeal to the Fair Work Commission.
Hunter’s ‘horrible mistake’
The man charged over the fatal shooting of a family’s pet husky near Yallourn North has escaped conviction.
Increasing prices to drive coal technologies
Increasing global oil and gas prices will be the key driver of alternative brown coal technologies taking root in the Latrobe Valley, according to a government-founded research and development company.
CFMEU to hit Melbourne CBD
The year-long industrial stoush at Yallourn power station will spill onto the streets of Melbourne this week, with hundreds of workers expected to march to EnergyAustralia headquarters in support of locked out operators.
Street sweep
Police news - Ten nightclub revellers were locked up for being drunk in public over the weekend, after a street sweep operation in Traralgon.
Uni student results remain in limbo
A LARGE number of Monash University Gippsland students still do not have their mid-year results as a dispute continues between Monash and the National Tertiary Education Union.