Fundraisers canned
LATROBE Regional Hospital has been forced to drop major fundraising activities, including its annual fun run and gala ball, as it continues to wait on the payment of millions of Federal Government dollars ripped from the system months ago.
Performance pay off the table
A MOVE by the State Government to take the issue of performance pay for teachers off the negotiating table has been welcomed as a small, positive step in the right direction by the Australian Education Union Victorian branch.
One Gippsland to lobby for local investment
AN intensive pre-election lobby effort aimed at securing investment for Gippsland is underway in Canberra this week.
The better place for women
A DEBATE in Traralgon about whether women were more effective as policymakers or campaigners and social advocates ended in a draw last week.
New Pope a welcome surprise
THERE was a tangible buzz about Gippsland's Catholic community last week with the appointment of Latin America's first Pope.
Data is accurate: Viney
STATE Member for Morwell Russell Northe's recent interpretation of Gippsland's job figures has been challenged by an opposition State MP who called it "absurd".
Bright future for TAFE: Hall
LOCAL TAFE institutes have a "bright future" ahead of them after the pain of the past 12 months, according to State Higher Education and Skills Minister Peter Hall.
Give uni merger proposal time: VC
UNIVERSITY of Ballarat Vice Chancellor Professor David Battersby hopes the community will warm to the idea of a proposed alliance between the university and Monash University's Gippsland campus as details become clearer.
Patient wait continues
WHILE Latrobe Valley paramedics hope a change in State Government leadership might bring an end to their drawn out industrial dispute, some local patients have continued to wait hours for an ambulance.
Gippsland poised to grow
THE Gippsland region is well-positioned to grow the state's economy, innovate and create new jobs, according to Deputy Premier and Regional and Rural Development Minister Peter Ryan.
Loy Yang B at loggerheads
A FULL scale 24-hour employee walkout at Loy Yang B power station this Friday hinges on a single word, after enterprise bargaining negotiations boiled down to one paragraph last Thursday.
‘Smoke and mirrors’
WHEN more than 100 Yallourn power station employees were unexpectedly sent home with pay at 2pm last Wednesday, initial uncertainty was quickly overcome by the prospect of the afternoon off.
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What’s old is new in North Gippy
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...
