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Push to buy local paper

A groundswell of grassroots support has amplified calls for the Federal Government to amend its office paper procurement policies, after a lucrative government supply contract was awarded to a Thai supplier earlier this year.

Buyback comes to a close

THE State Government's Bushfire Buyback Scheme is drawing to a close, with seven local properties part of the program.

Hospital strategies to reduce wait

NEW strategies have been implemented at Latrobe Regional Hospital to address data indicating mental health patients discharged from Gippsland's hospitals wait longer than those from other regions for follow-up care.

ALP announces Gippsland candidate 

A FIVE-time paralympian will contest the Federal seat of Gippsland for the Australian Labor Party at the next election. 

Protest camp sets up at Yallourn

Power Station operators are forming a base camp at the station this morning, in protest of the company's decision to lock workers out indefinitely on Friday.

Protest over uni name change

THE Ballarat community has opposed a recommended name change for the University of Ballarat, proposed to reflect its planned merger with Monash University Gippsland, according to a recent news report.

Uni merger issues to be discussed

BALLARAT University's Vice Chancellor Professor David Battersby will address Advance Morwell's annual meeting on Wednesday night.

Draft budget up for vote

Latrobe City Council is proposing to increase rates for the next financial year by 5.24 per cent overall

Mine stability ‘at risk’

At least three trouble spots in the state's brown coal network are 'at risk' of failure, according to a "damning" review by an expert geotechnical panel, warning instability in the open cut sector has reached serious levels.

Diversion fault report ‘damning’

A long awaited review into the catastrophic collapse of the Morwell River Diversion into the Yallourn coal mine last year has exposed an extensive list of likely faults in its 'world class' design process.

‘Gut-wrenching’ blow

As one of the operators locked out of Yallourn Power Station on Friday, Charlie* has reached a "gut-wrenching" career low.

Yallourn tensions boil

It is only a matter of time before picket lines form at the gates of Yallourn Power Station, industry observers and union insiders have warned, predicting the likely fallout of an extraordinary operator lockout at the plant on Friday.

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Maroons grind out hard fought victory

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE By LIAM DURKIN   ROUND 8 of the Gippsland League was spread across Saturday and Sunday at the weekend. The round carried greater gravitas than usual,...