Home News Page 927

News

Call for ambo probe

THE State Government has been asked to investigate circumstances which led to an elderly Churchill man having to take his seriously ill wife to hospital late last year when an ambulance was not available.

Breaking the cycle

MONTHS ago Ray's home was a room he referred to as his "cell" in a local boarding house.

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.

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".

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.

Finally ready for action

THIRTEEN months after its acclaimed arrival at Country Fire Authority's Traralgon station, the 'Bronto' ladder platform is finally ready for action.

Latest News

The day Morwell East marched the flag home

FOOTBALL MID GIPPSLAND By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT   PAST players from Morwell East Football-Netball Club’s last senior flag gathered at the weekend during the Hawks home bout against Foster. The...