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.
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.
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.
Hospital strategies to reduce wait
NEW strategies have been implemented at Latrobe Regional Hospital to address data indicating mental health patients discharged from Gippsland's hospitals wait longer than those from other regions for follow-up care.
Covert operation nabs drivers
A FIVE-month covert police operation has nabbed 178 people travelling between 10 and 20 kilometres an hour over the speed limit on the region's back-roads.
Long-awaited funds allocated
Recreational funding in the Latrobe City budget has been welcomed as a reprieve for sporting groups like the Latrobe Valley Hockey Association, which has been campaigning for the past three years for a pavilion at its new synthetic pitch in Churchill.
Digging in for a long ride
Locked out Yallourn operators are preparing themselves for a long drawn out period of financial hardship, despite the recommencement of enterprise bargaining negotiations next week.
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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...
