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Aged care concerns

Concerns with upcoming aged care reforms were discussed when Victoria's aged care peak body met with some of its members and Federal Member for McMillan Russell Broadbent in Warragul last week.

Disability funding welcomed

BUDGET: Gippslanders living with a disability, and their carers, are set to "benefit greatly" from the State and Federal Government's recent agreement on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, according to local MPs.

Night rider forges ahead

BUDGET: A bus service which transports late-night pub-goers from Traralgon's nightclub precinct to neighbouring towns has been funded for another year.

Safety concerns raised

A V/Line commuter has raised serious safety concerns after a Monday service travelled with an external door wide open for two Gippsland stops, before being noticed by the conductor.

Brown coal investment

BUDGET: INVESTMENT in the Latrobe Valley's brown coal sector will be driven by a range of funding initiatives, according to State Energy and Resources Minister Nicholas Kotsiras.

Drivers hospitalised after crash

A 40 year-old Traralgon woman is expected to be transferred from Latrobe Regional Hospital to the Alfred Hospital after she was seriously injured in a crash on Hazelwood Road, near Traralgon this morning. 

Positive impact

LEAD agencies working with the vast numbers of vulnerable Latrobe Valley children say new State Government funding and strategies are starting to impact positively on local outcomes.

Fire committal hearing set

A committal hearing exploring the origin of the Aberfeldy bushfire has been set, with a range of arson reconstruction witnesses due to appear in the Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court on 2 December.

Funds sought for key project

THE Federal Government will soon be asked to help fund a new $6.7 million Latrobe Valley University Training Clinic in Churchill, as one of two key local projects to have secured support from the region's transition committee.

Motorcycle crash spate worries ambos

Ambulance Victoria is pleading with motorcyclists to take better care on the roads and in bush tracks, after helicopters were called to 21 rider injuries within a month across the state.

Housing wait still high

GIPPSLAND has experienced a slight fall in its public housing waiting list but almost 1000 people remain on a Latrobe Valley list.

A heatbreaking plight

LAST December Renee Martin, 18 weeks pregnant with her second child with husband Chris, had every reason to be excited about life - until a shocking cancer diagnosis threw everything into turmoil.

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