Breaking the cycle
MONTHS ago Ray's home was a room he referred to as his "cell" in a local boarding house.
Bronto called into action
AFTER several months lying dormant at the Traralgon Country Fire Authority station, the 'Bronto' aerial platform finally swung into action on Tuesday evening.
The golden taste
INNOVATIVE ideas can come at the strangest of times.
Making a stand
RESIDENTS of Moe hoping to send a strong message about the Moe Activity Centre Plan to Latrobe City Council will hold a rally to "save" the town's future tomorrow.
Minister welcomes increased enrolments
DESPITE figures from the Victorian Centre for Tertiary Admissions showing TAFE applications had tumbled 25.8 per cent this year, Minister for Higher Education and Skills Peter Hall said only a fraction of TAFE enrolments occurred through VTAC.
Unfortunate wording
FOLLOWING outrage over a memo sent late last year by the Education Department to school principals, Minister responsible for the Teaching Profession Peter Hall has acknowledged "some of the words might have been better chosen".
More money owed as creditors meet
AS auditors work to explore the liquidity of embattled Gippsland business Macalister Constructions, a group of creditors have claimed the number of companies and individuals owed money is longer than the official list suggests.
No benefit from ‘ill advised’ cuts
FEARS State Government cuts to Victoria's training program VCAL could create a two-tier education system in low socio-economic regions like the Latrobe Valley will be raised with State Education Minister Martin Dixon soon.
Nightmare in paradise
WITH a two year-old child in their care, the last thing a group of seven friends from the Latrobe Valley camping in Paradise Valley near Heyfield wanted was to put themselves literally in the line of fire.
Hall: Unions overstepped
THE Australian Education Union and the Community and Public Sector Union have been accused of overstepping the mark after they directed members not to write student reports and to ban extra-curricular activities.
Inaugural forum welcomed
A "TERRIFIC exchange of information" was held between local industry and education training providers in Gippsland last week.
Police investigating suspicious fire
A SUSPICIOUS grass fire in Boolarra on Thursday is being investigated by Victoria Police.
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