Council takes on VCAT
Latrobe City Council fears a planning decision made from Melbourne could set a precedent for developers to construct multi-storey unit blocks anywhere across the Latrobe Valley as long as the site is close to a local fish and chip shop or convenience store.
Ambos’ efforts thanked
AS doctors this week publicly called for children to be banned from riding quad bikes, the family of an East Gippsland boy was reunited with paramedics who saved their three year-old's life in a freak quad bike accident last month.
Violence in hospitals grows
LATROBE Valley nurses are subjected to death threats and assaults on the job and want to see security personnel permanently manned at Latrobe Regional Hospital to protect them.
Call-out under review
AMBULANCE Victoria will review its handling of a Gippsland 'call-out' which saw the service criticised in State Parliament recently.
Lodge shuts temple
A long term struggle has pushed the Trafalgar Masonic Lodge to leave its renowned masonic temple.
Violence figures stun
Nearly 50 local women gathered last month to educate and increase awareness of family violence.
Facing the great unknown
Monash University Gippsland student Clinton Bush and young teacher Michael Heyne will ride their motorbikes from London to Cape Town at the end of this year in support of young people in Zambia.
Asbestos plan support
A NATIONAL plan to protect Australians from asbestos-related diseases has been cautiously welcomed by Gippsland's asbestos support group as the Federal Government announces funding.
Guard of honour
Victoria Police Sergeant David John Staple has been remembered as a loving father and husband, jovial mate and a passionate emergency service worker and volunteer.
Latrobe Valley NBN divide likely
ANALYSIS: The likelihood of Latrobe Valley households outside of Traralgon actually receiving fibre optic broadband direct to the doorstep are slim under a Coalition Government, according to an Express analysis of opposition broadband policy.
Waiting to connect
Jacinta Hicken has been lobbying for high speed broadband to come to Mirboo North since she moved to town over four years ago.
Youth funding backflip
Latrobe Valley's education stakeholders have slammed an apparent State Government backflip as a "complete balls-up", after funding uncertainty threw a school-based suicide prevention program into disarray.
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Student-led clinic aims to boost allied health services
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FEDERATION University Australia is boosting allied health services in Gippsland while giving students critical hands-on training, with the opening of its community wellness...
