Vow to secure Moe funding
LIBERAL Member for McMillan Russell Broadbent has vowed to do all he can to secure future funding for the Moe Rail Precinct Revitalisation Project, after doubt was cast over the certainty of federal money for the project last week.
Valley on the agenda
Latrobe Valley's manufacturing capabilities and freight transport potential was on the agenda for Victorian Ports and Manufacturing Minister David Hodgett, in a visit to the region last week.
Local seats are ‘safe’
FEDERAL ELECTION - Latrobe Valley's two Coalition Federal Members of Parliament are likely to be re-elected with swings towards, according to a leading national political scientist.
Valley’s $3 billion rail and port link
A $3 billion rail line and port concept connecting the Latrobe Valley to the Bass Straight via the Ninety Mile Beach has emerged as the preferred export route by developers of alternative brown coal technologies.
Cuts ‘no significant effect’
UNIVERSITY of Ballarat has moved to allay concerns its recent announcement of course and staff cuts would have any "significant" implications for a future Federation University of Australia entity.
Ask the candidates
Federal election - The Express asked candidates for the electorates of McMillan and Gippsland, and sitting Members of Parliament, to tell our readers what plans they had for creating jobs in the Latrobe Valley. Here are their responses:
Ambos dispute gov figures
DESPITE widespread claims to the contrary by local paramedics and their union, the State Government has maintained extra resources meant a record number of cases were being handled by local ambulances.
Hundreds rally for workers
Hundreds rally for workers
Gippsland MP relaxes gay marriage stance
FEDERAL ELECTION: Darren Chester has shifted his views on gay marriage.
Quick-thinking kids
Overcoming fear when his grandmother went into a seizure on the couch of his Traralgon home, nine year-old Jai Clark-Akkerman, went straight for the telephone.
Moe murder appeal denied
The man jailed for the 2011 stabbing death of two men in Moe has lost an appeal against his conviction.
New freight gateway
The Latrobe Valley could become the rail freight gateway for Gippsland businesses transporting goods to port before the year is out, through an inter-modal precinct at the Maryvale paper mill.
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