Motorcycle crash spate worries ambos
Ambulance Victoria is pleading with motorcyclists to take better care on the roads and in bush tracks, after helicopters were called to 21 rider injuries within a month across the state.
Housing wait still high
GIPPSLAND has experienced a slight fall in its public housing waiting list but almost 1000 people remain on a Latrobe Valley list.
A heatbreaking plight
LAST December Renee Martin, 18 weeks pregnant with her second child with husband Chris, had every reason to be excited about life - until a shocking cancer diagnosis threw everything into turmoil.
Yallourn offer ‘dead in the water’
An attempt by Yallourn Power Station operator EnergyAustralia to circumvent unions and break negotiation deadlock appears futile, with the majority of union members pledging to reject a company offer.
Ferguson’s comments ‘one-sided’
The union spearheading the heated industrial stoush at Yallourn Power Station has hit back at comments from former Energy and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson, labelling his intervention 'inappropriate'.
Water supply concerns
An extensive water quality analysis has found a wide range of agricultural pesticides in Narracan Creek at Thorpdale, from which Moe and nearby towns extract drinking water.
Potential candidates wanted
THE Australian Labor Party is yet to decide on who will contest the next Federal election on its behalf in the seats of McMillan and Gippsland.
Boost to equipment
A NEW capital funding boost to Latrobe Regional Hospital will allow it to upgrade and replace existing equipment.
‘Peppa’ case re-opened
Victoria Police has backflipped on its approach to the fatal shooting of a pet husky near Yallourn North last week.
Plantations plagued by ‘reckless’ hunters
Plantations near rural homes on the outskirts of Yallourn North have become a haven for reckless hunters, residents have claimed.
Carers challenge MPs
GIPPSLAND Carers Association has challenged local politicians to match the Federal Government's National Disability Insurance Scheme levy pledge or face voter backlash at September's election.
Call for maturity
Latrobe Valley's most intense industrial dispute in more than a decade has drawn a former federal cabinet minister off the backbench, as the stoush enters a crucial voting period.