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Waiting to connect

Jacinta Hicken has been lobbying for high speed broadband to come to Mirboo North since she moved to town over four years ago.

Youth funding backflip

Latrobe Valley's education stakeholders have slammed an apparent State Government backflip as a "complete balls-up", after funding uncertainty threw a school-based suicide prevention program into disarray.

Mill picket line dissolved

Unions and Australian Paper contractor Chelgrave are in the process of finalising an enterprise bargaining agreement for about a dozen workers, after a seven-day picket line at the Maryvale Mill was dissolved on Friday.

GippsAero blames sales fall

Further details surrounding GippsAero's shock announcement of moves to shed about 40 jobs have emerged, with the company issuing a statement last week.

Aero jobs in free fall

Latrobe Valley’s flagship manufacturing operation GippsAero is moving to shed about 40 workers, in a restructure which has taken government stakeholders by surprise.

Federal budget: ‘Little for Gippsland’

THE Federal Budget has been widely panned as containing few initiatives of value to Gippsland.

Valley teachers vote yes

Latrobe Valley's primary and secondary teaching community has voted to accept a pay deal from the State Government, however the agreement is yet to attract comprehensive support.

Mill lockout remains

ABOUT a dozen workers remain locked out of Australian Paper's Maryvale Mill, supported by about 140 of the plant's maintenance workforce as unions and the site's major contractor continue their dispute over an enterprise bargaining agreement.

Federal budget: welfare sector disappointed

A local welfare group has expressed disappointment in the federal budget's failure to grant widely-called-for increases to unemployment benefits.

Moe’s anxious wait

The protracted plan to revitalise Moe's town centre has reached a crucial point as the state and federal governments formally consider whether they will fund the project.

Battersby focused on ‘opportunities’

A PLAN to build domestic student numbers at Monash University Gippsland by easing entry requirements was outlined to local staff this week.

Mayor Kam stands firm

FOUR of Latrobe City Mayor Sandy Kam's peers have publicly backed her decision to remain in the position in the wake of calls for her to step down.

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