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Back-to-back strike action

Ongoing industrial action at Yallourn Power Station is creating tensions among the workforce, according to owner-operator EnergyAustralia, where a 48-hour stop work on power generation was due to commence this morning.

Solution for more beds

Gippsland's high demand for respite places has government and industry representatives calling on the Federal Government to help local aged care facilities provide more beds.

Racecourse rocked by vandals

A FIFTH act of vandalism in as many weeks at Moe Racing Club has pushed back the track's multi-million dollar redevelopment in a saga which has cost the organisation about $30,000 in damage.

Cuts to go ahead

Last-ditch attempts by power industry unions to resist significant maintenance cutbacks at Hazelwood Power Station have to come to a "depressing" end, with the finer details of a retrenchment program agreed upon.

Job, course cuts threat

STAFF and course numbers at Monash University Gippsland are being threatened by Federal Government funding cuts but an alliance with Ballarat University remains the best way forward, according to Monash Gippsland's campus head.

A family in tatters

It's been almost 17 months since the video footage taken on a Trafalgar abattoir slaughter room floor, obtained with permission by a 'TAFE photography student', sparked one of Gippsland's most controversial animal abuse cases.

Cruelty charges dropped 

The State Government remains silent amid heightened criticism over its handling of animal abuse accusations at a Trafalgar abattoir, which shut down a 60 year-old family business in late 2011.

Idle ambulance data challenged

DATA showing ambulances sat idle for more than 300 "unfilled shifts" in Gippsland last year has been challenged by Ambulance Victoria.

University stoush escalates

TENSIONS between Latrobe City Council and Monash University have intensified following a professor's thinly-veiled attack on council's criticism of the institution.

Waste scheme rubbished

Latrobe City Council has vowed to better communicate with the public about its hard waste services following community outrage over long delays and tight restrictions during the weekend's no-charge drop-off service

Animal cruelty charges dropped

The Department of Environment and Primary Industries has dropped animal cruelty charges against two workers of a former Trafalgar abattoir.

Restrictions end

Authorities battled 565 grass and bushfires across Gippsland this summer, during Victoria's most active fire season in four years.

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