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Infrastructure ‘win’

BUDGET: State Budget funding to spearhead two key Victorian infrastructure projects has been welcomed as a "major win" for Gippsland industries.

‘Knock-on’ effect

BUDGET: Additional train services announced on the Dandenong rail corridor in the state budget could have an unintentional "knock-on effect" for Gippslanders, further eroding V/Line's endemic performance issues.

Valley ignored: Opposition

BUDGET: THE State Opposition has claimed this week's state budget ignored the Latrobe Valley.

Drivers hospitalised after crash

A 40 year-old Traralgon woman is expected to be transferred from Latrobe Regional Hospital to the Alfred Hospital after she was seriously injured in a crash on Hazelwood Road, near Traralgon this morning. 

Housing wait still high

GIPPSLAND has experienced a slight fall in its public housing waiting list but almost 1000 people remain on a Latrobe Valley list.

A heatbreaking plight

LAST December Renee Martin, 18 weeks pregnant with her second child with husband Chris, had every reason to be excited about life - until a shocking cancer diagnosis threw everything into turmoil.

Yallourn offer ‘dead in the water’

An attempt by Yallourn Power Station operator EnergyAustralia to circumvent unions and break negotiation deadlock appears futile, with the majority of union members pledging to reject a company offer.

Ferguson’s comments ‘one-sided’

The union spearheading the heated industrial stoush at Yallourn Power Station has hit back at comments from former Energy and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson, labelling his intervention 'inappropriate'.

Water supply concerns

An extensive water quality analysis has found a wide range of agricultural pesticides in Narracan Creek at Thorpdale, from which Moe and nearby towns extract drinking water.

‘Fairer’ fire levy system

Latrobe City rates notices sent out after 1 July will carry an extra charge as part of the new State Government fire services levy.

Positive impact

LEAD agencies working with the vast numbers of vulnerable Latrobe Valley children say new State Government funding and strategies are starting to impact positively on local outcomes.

Fire committal hearing set

A committal hearing exploring the origin of the Aberfeldy bushfire has been set, with a range of arson reconstruction witnesses due to appear in the Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court on 2 December.

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