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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.

Electoral game-changer

The state seat of Morwell will be re-shaped to encompass Latrobe Valley's three major towns if proposed changes to electoral boundaries are adopted.

Sex abuse accused pleads guilty

A 21 year-old Morwell man has pleaded guilty to eight sexual offence charges involving five different children.

Pool proposal misses out

A BID for Federal Government funds to build a Gippsland Regional Aquatic Centre in Traralgon has failed amid accusations "regional" money had been "siphoned off to city-based projects".

Car careers off bridge

A Morwell man is in a critical but stable condition in the Alfred Hospital, after his car left the McDonald Street bridge, and landed beside the railway tracks.

Rankings highlight need for support

WITH just six weeks to go until the Federal Government enters 'caretaker mode', rendering it unable to fund new projects, it is under renewed pressure to focus on the Latrobe Valley.

Sudan tragedy saddens refugees

It's the call nobody ever wants to receive - news of a loved one passing. It comes as a devastating shock to most, but to refugees, it can be all too familiar.

Sawing to success

LOWANNA College students stepped out of the classroom and into the workshop this week as part of a hands-on learning program.

Raising Gld’s profile

REGIONAL leaders returned to Canberra last week to raise the profile of Gippsland's key infrastructure proposals.

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Delburn turbines could be as tall as Loy Yang cooling towers

By AIDAN KNIGHT   THE State Electricity Commission hosted a series of drop-in sessions recently, catering to both community and industry, in an effort to educate...