Yallourn water discharge increased
The operator of Yallourn's waterlogged brown coal mine cut has been granted a 60 per cent increase to its water discharge allowance by the Environment Protection Authority.
Gonski uncertainty lingers
Significant discrepancies in Gonski funding projections for some Latrobe Valley schools remain un-addressed, with the Federal leadership changeover casting a further cloud of uncertainty over Victoria's inclusion in the reforms.
Ambos reject govt claims
PARAMEDICS have rejected claims by the State Government last week they had not made a "genuine" effort to resolve a protracted industrial dispute.
Convoy protest
MONASH Gippsland campus staff fear the implications for their workplace arrangements if enterprise agreement talks are not resolved before University of Ballarat takes over the campus in January next year.
Car careers off bridge
A Morwell man is in a critical but stable condition in the Alfred Hospital, after his car left the McDonald Street bridge, and landed beside the railway tracks.
Raising Gld’s profile
REGIONAL leaders returned to Canberra last week to raise the profile of Gippsland's key infrastructure proposals.
Push to buy local paper
A groundswell of grassroots support has amplified calls for the Federal Government to amend its office paper procurement policies, after a lucrative government supply contract was awarded to a Thai supplier earlier this year.
Buyback comes to a close
THE State Government's Bushfire Buyback Scheme is drawing to a close, with seven local properties part of the program.
Hospital strategies to reduce wait
NEW strategies have been implemented at Latrobe Regional Hospital to address data indicating mental health patients discharged from Gippsland's hospitals wait longer than those from other regions for follow-up care.
Covert operation nabs drivers
A FIVE-month covert police operation has nabbed 178 people travelling between 10 and 20 kilometres an hour over the speed limit on the region's back-roads.
Long-awaited funds allocated
Recreational funding in the Latrobe City budget has been welcomed as a reprieve for sporting groups like the Latrobe Valley Hockey Association, which has been campaigning for the past three years for a pavilion at its new synthetic pitch in Churchill.
Digging in for a long ride
Locked out Yallourn operators are preparing themselves for a long drawn out period of financial hardship, despite the recommencement of enterprise bargaining negotiations next week.
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Gunshot on Elgin Street
POLICE are investigating after a man suffered a gunshot wound in Morwell on Friday, October 24.
It’s believed the incident occurred on Elgin Street around...
