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Supporting the justice process

TO be arrested by the police for committing a crime can be a harrowing experience, especially for young people who may also be a newly-arrived migrant or refuge

Maintenance shortfalls

WIDESPREAD maintenance woes affecting Latrobe Valley schools are unlikely to be eased in the next state budget despite a recent audit finding 150 Gippsland schools required about $90,000 each to bring them up to "operational standard".

Council weighs in on merger

A LATROBE City Council push for Federal Government intervention in the proposed Monash University Gippsland merger with the University of Ballarat is likely to fail.

Investigation into possible legal breach

LATROBE City Council will seek legal advice as to whether Monash University has breached a section of legislation which requires it to provide services in a fair and equal way.

Traralgon cash lenders robbed

A CASH lenders store in Traralgon was the site of an armed robbery on Wednesday afternoon.

New road safety measures welcomed

NEW measures to target distracted road users, including tougher penalties for those caught using their mobile phones while driving, have been welcomed by groups concerned with road safet

Saving a Gippsland icon

GIPPSLAND wildlife carers fear Victorian koalas will "fall through our fingers" if funding for health studies is not increased.

Ambos’ ‘monster frustrations’

LATROBE Valley paramedics have warned this week vulnerable local patients are at risk from an ambulance service buckling under the strain of minimal resources, extreme workloads, delayed arrivals, a "disastrous" amalgamation and a failing dispatch system.

Parley with Avenue Q’s Princeton

Parley with Avenue Q's Princeton

Council condemns Monash

Latrobe City Council will call on the Federal Government to intervene in the proposed merger of Monash University's Gippsland campus and the University of Ballarat.

Updated views on same-sex marriage

A LOCAL politician will seek updated feedback from the community on the issue of same-sex marriage in the next three months after acknowledging the limitations of a survey conducted almost three years ago.

Missing pet

LOCAL snake catcher Jeff Mathieson has called on Traralgon python enthusiasts to check their tanks, because somebody somewhere, is missing a house pet.

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