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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.

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.

Increasing prices to drive coal technologies

Increasing global oil and gas prices will be the key driver of alternative brown coal technologies taking root in the Latrobe Valley, according to a government-founded research and development company.

CFMEU to hit Melbourne CBD

The year-long industrial stoush at Yallourn power station will spill onto the streets of Melbourne this week, with hundreds of workers expected to march to EnergyAustralia headquarters in support of locked out operators.

Street sweep

Police news - Ten nightclub revellers were locked up for being drunk in public over the weekend, after a street sweep operation in Traralgon.

Uni student results remain in limbo

A LARGE number of Monash University Gippsland students still do not have their mid-year results as a dispute continues between Monash and the National Tertiary Education Union.

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