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.
Introducing your federal election candidates
THE Federal election will be held on 7 September and numerous candidates have thrown their hats in the ring so far, ready to challenge local sitting Members of Parliament.
Candidates on notice: Carers
FEDERAL ELECTION - Candidates and elected members from all political parties have been put on notice by Gippsland's carers that their support for carer issues is being keenly sought.
New budget adopted
Council news - Property rates are set to increase overall by 5.24 per cent this financial year after Latrobe City Council adopted its 2013/14 budget on Monday night.
Hall helps save printery
THE intervention of State Higher Education and Skills Minister Peter Hall has been credited with reversing a decision by Monash to close its print services operation at its Gippsland campus.
Coal tech funds nigh
Alternative coal companies short-listed to receive millions of dollars in government funding have already secured coal supply and construction location arrangements with power generators, according to a well-placed source
GSI accounts still frozen
Thousands of 'mum and dad' investment accounts with embattled local financial lender Gippsland Secured Investments remain frozen, as Gippsland businesses rally to keep the mortgage fund afloat.
‘Fair chance’ for entitlements
Fifteen Latrobe Valley workers sacked with 10 minutes' notice last week by the now-defunct Mechanical Engineering Corporation have a "fair chance" of seeing owed entitlements remunerated, according to the company's liquidator.
Youths charged
Police have charged two Latrobe Valley youths with armed robbery, after allegedly holding up two taxis in separate incidents overnight in Morwell on Sunday.
Witness appeal following road incident
Police are appealing for witnesses to an truck-versus-car incident in Morwell this morning, when an older model silver Magna was allegedly forced off the Princes Freeway.
Car flips on Strzelecki Hwy
A twelve year old boy was air lifted to the Royal Children's Hospital with suspected internal injuries this morning, after the car he was riding in flipped on the Strzelecki Highway.
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Test results of beef wellington lunch revealed: Patterson trial
By TOM HAYES and STEFAN BRADLEY
RESULTS of toxin tests were revealed and explained to the court during Erin Patterson's Supreme Court trial on Friday,...
