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Coal remains locked, for now

The State Government remains undecided on whether it will push ahead with plans to further unlock Latrobe Valley brown coal reserves for new coal projects.

Stacks of cash en route

The public will have to wait until 2014 to learn which alternative brown coal companies have successfully secured a share of $90 million in government money, designed to help fund demonstration plants in the Latrobe Valley.

Park improvement

Trafalgar's McGregor Park will be revitalised thanks to $400,000 in funding from the State Government and Baw Baw Shire.

Price hike hurts

WITH LPG prices breaching $1 per litre at local fuel outlets, financial strain is expected to be widely felt across Gippsland in the lead-up to Christmas.

Fire on Loy Yang dredger

AGL Loy Yang is in the process of investigating the extent of damage caused by a fire on one of its dredgers this morning.

Ambo dispute falters

Pay deal rejected by ambo union following 16-month industrial dispute.

Liberals preselect Davis replacement

West Gippsland Liberal member and businessman Andrew Ronalds has been unofficially preselected to run as the Eastern Victoria Region candidate at the November 2014 state election.

Gender imbalance halts Labor preselection

Labor preselection plans to bypass membership ballot unexpectedly halted by affirmative action rules.

‘Eyesore’ concerns town

Sound barrier wall for Trafalgar development 'out of place', says community.

Dental lab funds in limbo

Four million dollars in Federal Government funding for a dental prosthetics lab in Churchill remains uncertain.

Aberfeldy charge dropped

The most serious charge against the man accused of causing the Aberfeldy bushfire on 17 January was dropped on Thursday.

Work underway for LRH mental health beds

Service gaps in mental health care at Latrobe Regional Hospital are being filled with the construction commencement of a $4.8 million State Government investment.

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