Monash impact: staff
A LONG-serving Monash University Gippsland academic has called on the Gippsland community to throw its support behind a new regional university to ensure its success.
Yallourn lockout ‘obvious’
Yallourn lockout 'obvious'
Grim prospects
The employment prospects of Latrobe Valley's disadvantaged youth are grim, according to a GippsTAFE engineering teaching veteran, who has raised heartfelt fears for their future.
Picket line continues
A UNION-led picket line at Australian Paper's Maryvale Mill has entered its fifth day, preventing about 140 of the plant's maintenance workforce from entering the site.
Union pickets Mill
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union members have this morning formed a picket line at the entrance to Australian Paper's Maryvale Mill in the wake of the site's major contractor locking about a dozen workers out of the site.
Aged care concerns
Concerns with upcoming aged care reforms were discussed when Victoria's aged care peak body met with some of its members and Federal Member for McMillan Russell Broadbent in Warragul last week.
Disability funding welcomed
BUDGET: Gippslanders living with a disability, and their carers, are set to "benefit greatly" from the State and Federal Government's recent agreement on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, according to local MPs.
Night rider forges ahead
BUDGET: A bus service which transports late-night pub-goers from Traralgon's nightclub precinct to neighbouring towns has been funded for another year.
Safety concerns raised
A V/Line commuter has raised serious safety concerns after a Monday service travelled with an external door wide open for two Gippsland stops, before being noticed by the conductor.
Brown coal investment
BUDGET: INVESTMENT in the Latrobe Valley's brown coal sector will be driven by a range of funding initiatives, according to State Energy and Resources Minister Nicholas Kotsiras.
Open cut in spotlight
BUDGET: The integrity of Latrobe Valley's brown coal open cut network has come under the state budget spotlight, with $4.2 million allocated to improve "high risk" stability issues.
University decision imminent
THE Latrobe Valley community will know by tomorrow whether Monash University and the University of Ballarat will forge ahead with a regional university alliance, though a campus briefing yesterday left staff feeling the plan was a "done deal".
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