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Covert operation nabs drivers

A FIVE-month covert police operation has nabbed 178 people travelling between 10 and 20 kilometres an hour over the speed limit on the region's back-roads.

Long-awaited funds allocated

Recreational funding in the Latrobe City budget has been welcomed as a reprieve for sporting groups like the Latrobe Valley Hockey Association, which has been campaigning for the past three years for a pavilion at its new synthetic pitch in Churchill.

Digging in for a long ride

Locked out Yallourn operators are preparing themselves for a long drawn out period of financial hardship, despite the recommencement of enterprise bargaining negotiations next week.

Gibson defends rate increase

Latrobe City Council has touted its proposed budget for the next finanical year as "prudent", while maintaining services and boosting funding for major projects.

Rejoice over major projects

Funding earmarked for the Moe railway revitalisation project has emerged as a major highlight for community and business groups in the draft Latrobe City Council budget.

ALP announces Gippsland candidate 

A FIVE-time paralympian will contest the Federal seat of Gippsland for the Australian Labor Party at the next election. 

Protest camp sets up at Yallourn

Power Station operators are forming a base camp at the station this morning, in protest of the company's decision to lock workers out indefinitely on Friday.

‘Gut-wrenching’ blow

As one of the operators locked out of Yallourn Power Station on Friday, Charlie* has reached a "gut-wrenching" career low.

Yallourn tensions boil

It is only a matter of time before picket lines form at the gates of Yallourn Power Station, industry observers and union insiders have warned, predicting the likely fallout of an extraordinary operator lockout at the plant on Friday.

Baw Baw councillor dies

The Baw Baw Shire community is mourning the loss of its longest-serving councillor, Bill Harrington.

Protest over uni name change

THE Ballarat community has opposed a recommended name change for the University of Ballarat, proposed to reflect its planned merger with Monash University Gippsland, according to a recent news report.

Uni merger issues to be discussed

BALLARAT University's Vice Chancellor Professor David Battersby will address Advance Morwell's annual meeting on Wednesday night.

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