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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.

Funds sought for key project

THE Federal Government will soon be asked to help fund a new $6.7 million Latrobe Valley University Training Clinic in Churchill, as one of two key local projects to have secured support from the region's transition committee.

Motorcycle crash spate worries ambos

Ambulance Victoria is pleading with motorcyclists to take better care on the roads and in bush tracks, after helicopters were called to 21 rider injuries within a month across the state.

Call for maturity

Latrobe Valley's most intense industrial dispute in more than a decade has drawn a former federal cabinet minister off the backbench, as the stoush enters a crucial voting period.

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Making public transport safe

  VICTORIA Police conducted a highly visible operation across Latrobe Valley's public transport network on Tuesday, April 28. Officers from Moe, Morwell and Traralgon uniform teamed...