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Apprentices still out of work

Just 19 apprentices found ongoing employment through a jobs initiative, which ended on Sunday, falling well short of the target Regional Development Victoria set.

A story of a life well-lived

Morwell resident Pauline McClounan's life story has been told among the pages of musings in her recently published collection of poems.

Parker vows to fight for region

The local federal election campaign will see an 'old school scrapper' thrown into the fray, with trades union heavyweight John Parker announcing he will run as an independent for the seat of McMillan.

Impounded friends

Barks, howls and meows echoed through the series of cages as lost dogs and cats yearned to go home.

Re-claiming power

Latrobe City councillors hope new planning regulations will help strip property developers of their power to build high-density dwellings in quiet residential areas.

A sense of pride

Dance students, parents and teachers from around the region gathered for the 27th annual International Power Morwell Festival of Dance.

Yallourn water discharge increased

The operator of Yallourn's waterlogged brown coal mine cut has been granted a 60 per cent increase to its water discharge allowance by the Environment Protection Authority.

Gonski uncertainty lingers

Significant discrepancies in Gonski funding projections for some Latrobe Valley schools remain un-addressed, with the Federal leadership changeover casting a further cloud of uncertainty over Victoria's inclusion in the reforms.

Ambos reject govt claims

PARAMEDICS have rejected claims by the State Government last week they had not made a "genuine" effort to resolve a protracted industrial dispute.

Convoy protest

MONASH Gippsland campus staff fear the implications for their workplace arrangements if enterprise agreement talks are not resolved before University of Ballarat takes over the campus in January next year.

Uni name released

FEDERATION University Australia is the new entity that will represent Monash Gippsland and University of Ballarat's campuses from 1 January next year.

Work bans cause angst for students

WHILE Monash Gippsland campus staff union members have moved to defend work bans on releasing some students' semester results, numerous students are not impressed.

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