Ask the candidates
Federal election - The Express asked candidates for the electorates of McMillan and Gippsland, and sitting Members of Parliament, to tell our readers what plans they had for creating jobs in the Latrobe Valley. Here are their responses:
Ambos dispute gov figures
DESPITE widespread claims to the contrary by local paramedics and their union, the State Government has maintained extra resources meant a record number of cases were being handled by local ambulances.
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.
NBN rollout still unclear
An update on the National Broadband Network's rollout to Traralgon households, originally set to commence in June, remains elusive, despite numerous enquires by The Express.
Federal candidates vie for votes
Federal Election - The lead-up to next month's federal election will see at least 11 candidates across the electorates of McMillan and Gippsland vying for the votes of locals in their efforts to oust current members of parliament.
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Three votes for new novel
FOOTBALL
By LIAM DURKIN
TRARALGON footballing great Kelvin Templeton has written a book.
And it’s not an autobiography.
The Brownlow/Coleman medallist will be back home next week for...
