Cafe booted from Bairnsdale line
By TOM PARRY
CATERING facilities will soon be removed from all Gippsland train services, despite being available on other routes across the state.
The news comes...
Loy Yang A unit outage extended
AGL is being forced to extend its outage of unit two at Loy Yang A for another month after the generator went offline in...
Fire causes damage
LIFELINE Morwell was in ordered disarray on Monday morning after a fire wrecked parts of its Fleming St building at the weekend.
Neighbours alerted fire...
Latrobe Valley fund-raising walk to combat MND disease
By STEFAN BRADLEY
THREE years ago, Morwell local Debbie Wells enjoyed playing hockey.
Now, barely able to walk, she requires full-time care as she lives with...
Tyers Art Festival set to return in full glory
AFTER having to conduct the Opal Australian Paper Tyers Art Festival as an online exhibition in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID, the Tyers...
Councillor wants Morwell seat
LATROBE City councillor Tracie Lund will again run as an independent candidate for the seat of Morwell at this year's state election, with a...
Dateline Thorpdale, not just spuds
THORPDALE, the hamlet nestled in the Strzelecki Ranges famous for its potato growing, has become the beating heart of Gippsland journalism.
Three journalists who grew...
Watt a welcome visit by Minister
By LIAM DURKIN
FEDERAL Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry and Emergency Management, Murray Watt, stopped by the region last week.
Mr Watt was in Gippsland, meeting...
Holden museum races to expansion
By LIAM DURKIN
THE Trafalgar Holden Museum will be extended to house a new collection of cars.
The collection will take in 18 heritage Holden cars,...
Moe’s connection to Olivia Newton-John
By LIAM DURKIN
AUSTRALIANS mourned the death of singer-songwriter Olivia Newton-John last week.
Readers might be interested to know the Grammy Award-winner had some connection to...
Churchill Ritchies IGA to shut shop
SUPERMARKET chain Ritchies has announced it is closing its Churchill store by mid-September, leaving about 40 employees without a job.
Ritchies told its staff and...
Greens’ Bill to end coal by 2030
The Victorian Greens are proposing to bring forward the closure of Yallourn by four years to 2024 under a Bill to legislate an end...
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Farcical AusPost weight limit forces Gippsland Farmer reduction
Aidan Knight and Liam Durkin
THE world truly has gone mad.
In a move that defies reason and regional reality, Gippsland Farmer, the region's...
