Give apprentices a go
LOCAL businesses who hire trade apprentices have been urged to take advantage of a financial incentive provided by the State Government through the Gippsland Apprentices Program, which aims to have 50 apprentices employed by 30 June.
Support university proposal: PVC
THE broader Gippsland community has been urged to stand by and embrace the proposal for an expanded regional university by Monash University Gippsland Campus' Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Robin Pollard.
Power station to get protester pay-out
ANTI-coal activists who scaled a cooling tower at the Yallourn Power Station in December have been ordered to pay $2500 each in compensation to EnergyAustralia.
Strike threat looms
THE looming threat of industrial action has resurfaced at Yallourn power station, where shift workers are preparing to walk off the job next Wednesday.
Stretched to breaking point
GIPPSLAND has the most under-resourced ambulance service in Victoria, raising fears among paramedics the service will hit breaking point this Easter.
Ongoing trend of neglect
A MOVE to retrench 37 Hazelwood power station contractors has been met with widespread alarm from unions, who fear it will further entrench a "disturbing and ongoing trend" of maintenance cutbacks in the power industry.
A taste of Easter
Amber enjoyed her first taste of chocolate when the Easter Bunny visited the Moe Central Child Care and Kindergarten centre yesterday.
Nod to move forward
DESPITE the volatility of federal politics last week, a Gippsland delegation to Canberra secured a long-awaited endorsement from the Federal Government of the region’s plans for its future.
Job figures fall
LAST week's regional jobs figures, while referred to as "steady" by the State Government, were "nothing to crow about" in Gippsland, according to the State Opposition.
Negotiations underway
THE site selection process for a planned Latrobe Valley-based magnesium plant, set to commence by mid-2015, had been narrowed to two locations.
Strike action abandoned
A planned 24-hour stop work at Loy Yang B was abandoned at the last minute after unions and GDF-Suez came to an agreement in the Fair Work Commission.
Man charged following double fatality
A Traralgon man is due to appear in Latrobe Valley Magistrates' Court today over a double fatality collision which occurred in Glengarry early Saturday morning.
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By LIAM DURKIN
TRARALGON footballing great Kelvin Templeton has written a book.
And it’s not an autobiography.
The Brownlow/Coleman medallist will be back home next week for...
