Minister welcomes increased enrolments
DESPITE figures from the Victorian Centre for Tertiary Admissions showing TAFE applications had tumbled 25.8 per cent this year, Minister for Higher Education and Skills Peter Hall said only a fraction of TAFE enrolments occurred through VTAC.
Unfortunate wording
FOLLOWING outrage over a memo sent late last year by the Education Department to school principals, Minister responsible for the Teaching Profession Peter Hall has acknowledged "some of the words might have been better chosen".
More money owed as creditors meet
AS auditors work to explore the liquidity of embattled Gippsland business Macalister Constructions, a group of creditors have claimed the number of companies and individuals owed money is longer than the official list suggests.
No benefit from ‘ill advised’ cuts
FEARS State Government cuts to Victoria's training program VCAL could create a two-tier education system in low socio-economic regions like the Latrobe Valley will be raised with State Education Minister Martin Dixon soon.
Nightmare in paradise
WITH a two year-old child in their care, the last thing a group of seven friends from the Latrobe Valley camping in Paradise Valley near Heyfield wanted was to put themselves literally in the line of fire.
Hall: Unions overstepped
THE Australian Education Union and the Community and Public Sector Union have been accused of overstepping the mark after they directed members not to write student reports and to ban extra-curricular activities.
Inaugural forum welcomed
A "TERRIFIC exchange of information" was held between local industry and education training providers in Gippsland last week.
Police investigating suspicious fire
A SUSPICIOUS grass fire in Boolarra on Thursday is being investigated by Victoria Police.
Close shave for Power
A GIPPSLAND Power pre-season altitude camp at Mt Hotham came to an abrupt end on Tuesday evening, when the team had to be airlifted to safety in the face of a Mt Feathertop fire.
Remembering lost friends
PARAMEDIC Don Gillies has seen a lot during his 31 years with Ambulance Victoria.
More NBN towers planned
THE first two of an expected 12 planning permit applications for National Broadband Network Co towers across the Latrobe Valley have been advertised.
Redevelopment underway at LRH
DEMOLITION works kick-started the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre's multi-million dollar expansion at Latrobe Regional Hospital last week, paving the way for redevelopment of the hospital's main entrance.
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