Teachers to resist performance regimes
Gippsland's leading education union representative has vowed to resist any moves by State Government to pressure Latrobe Valley schools into adopting tighter performance assessment regimes.
Shout out for support
A cooperative organisation's dream to bring jobs to Latrobe Valley and open a factory in Morwell is one step closer to fruition, but it needs community support to get there.
Time to digest agreement
More than 48 hours after the education union reached an in-principal pay agreement with the State Government last Wednesday, Latrobe Valley teachers were still cautious about celebrating the hard-fought milestone.
Taking in the sights
More than 50 cyclists took to the bikes last week, participating in a five-day trek to raise money for the vision impaired.
On the move
KOORIE elders from across the Latrobe Valley will no longer have to hire a bus for their regular trips and get-togethers, following support from the Traralgon South community.
Cuts to go ahead
Last-ditch attempts by power industry unions to resist significant maintenance cutbacks at Hazelwood Power Station have to come to a "depressing" end, with the finer details of a retrenchment program agreed upon.
Job, course cuts threat
STAFF and course numbers at Monash University Gippsland are being threatened by Federal Government funding cuts but an alliance with Ballarat University remains the best way forward, according to Monash Gippsland's campus head.
A family in tatters
It's been almost 17 months since the video footage taken on a Trafalgar abattoir slaughter room floor, obtained with permission by a 'TAFE photography student', sparked one of Gippsland's most controversial animal abuse cases.
Cruelty charges dropped
The State Government remains silent amid heightened criticism over its handling of animal abuse accusations at a Trafalgar abattoir, which shut down a 60 year-old family business in late 2011.
Idle ambulance data challenged
DATA showing ambulances sat idle for more than 300 "unfilled shifts" in Gippsland last year has been challenged by Ambulance Victoria.
University stoush escalates
TENSIONS between Latrobe City Council and Monash University have intensified following a professor's thinly-veiled attack on council's criticism of the institution.
Waste scheme rubbished
Latrobe City Council has vowed to better communicate with the public about its hard waste services following community outrage over long delays and tight restrictions during the weekend's no-charge drop-off service
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FOOTBALL
NORTH GIPPSLAND
BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
THE separation between the best and the rest gets slimmer.
Following results in Round 9 of the North Gippsland Football-Netball League, we...
