Work up for grabs
A PROPOSED $45 million retail precinct for Warragul is tipped to create up to 600 jobs, including about 200 construction jobs Latrobe Valley workers can vie for.
Workers ready for walkout
THE stage is set for Latrobe Valley's first power station walkout in recent history, as more than 100 Loy Yang B employees prepare for a station wide 24-hour stop-work, due to commence early tomorrow morning.
Mountains of minutes wanted
LATROBE City Council is seeking access to decades of meeting minutes to help it make sense of Monash University's proposal to merge its Gippsland campus with the University of Ballarat.
Monash urged to engage with council
LATROBE City Council has urged Monash University's top administrators to come to the table to discuss its proposed alliance with the University of Ballarat.
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.
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.
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".
Latest News
[Heading]y
Blake Metcalf-Holt and Liam Durkin
Morwell East Football-Netball Club has again failed at an attempt to join the North Gippsland Football-Netball League.
A special general meeting...
