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‘Pleasing’ boost to apprentice wage

Gippsland Trades and Labour Council has welcomed Fair Work Commission's decision to increase first and second-year wages of new apprentices as of 1 January.

Plea for increase across the board

Current apprentices were "frustrated" the recently announced wage increases would not apply to them.

Moe funding fight raised in parliament

THE fight to retain funding for Moe's rail precinct revitalisation project was raised in State Parliament last week.

Move to split unions

Yallourn power station owner EnergyAustralia has once again moved to split unions involved in a harrowing industrial dispute, making an enterprise bargaining offer directly to in-house maintenance workers last week.

River cascades through mine

River water is cascading into Yallourn open cut once again, pushing a coal supply conveyor to the brink of inoperability.

Election campaign ‘offensive’

FEDERAL ELECTION: The major parties' fight for the seat of McMillan intensified last week with an election campaign "offensive" launched against sitting Member of Parliament Russell Broadbent, and his swift retaliation.

Yallourn to cut costs

The parent company of Yallourn power station owner EnergyAustralia, CLP Holdings, has signalled ongoing cost saving measures at the plant to offset weak financial performance.

Tradesman electrocuted

Police and WorkSafe are investigating the electrocution of a 25 year-old tradesman working at a private residence in Yallourn North yesterday.

Man sustains serious injuries in tractor incident

A 74 year-old man has been airlifted to Royal Melbourne Hospital today after receiving serious head and facial injuries in a tractor accident in Tyers.

Missing Traralgon man found

UPDATE: Missing Traralgon man Troy Buck has been found in Morwell.

Hunt for Morwell pervert

Police are searching for a man who allegedly exposed his genitals in a Morwell store last week before taking a shop mannequin into a back room. 

New logistics vision welcomed

COMMITTEE for Gippsland has welcomed a new freight and logistics vision for Victoria, saying a number of the plans' key priorities supported the committee's work.

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