Impasse reached as strike action looms
An impasse has arisen between Yallourn power station's chief union and station operator Energy Australia, with a 48-hour stop-work planned by workers from this Wednesday.
Injury claims cost millions
ALMOST 300 Latrobe Valley construction workers have been injured badly enough over the past five years to make a compensation claim, costing more than $24 million in related expenses.
Lobby to defer worker cuts
Unions will today urge Hazelwood Power Station's sole maintenance
contractor Fluor Global Services to hold off on the retrenchment of 37
workers.
Most disadvantaged
NEWLY released data has ranked Morwell and Moe in the top 10 per cent of Australia's most disadvantaged towns.
Push for major airport project
KEY regional advocates will meet with State Planning Minister Matthew Guy within weeks in an effort to convince the government a third airport for Victoria should be built in Gippsland, or at least in the state's south-east.
Merger decision delay unlikely
Monash Gippsland is not likely to delay a decision on its proposed
merger with the University of Ballarat, despite calls from Latrobe City
Council for more information.
Carving out some support
A handmade coffee table will be raffled off to raise money for an acquired brain injury support organisation.
Report off the mark
THE State Government has been accused of trying to politicise a drainage
problem affecting Morwell's Wallace Street residents rather than
"fixing the problem itself".
Boost to benefit Moe
Moe-based builders are optimistic the town's Mitchell Grove residential
development will boost construction opportunities, with flow-on benefits
for businesses and the wider community.
Family’s ‘horrible’ ordeal to end
Lisa and Steven Pavlic wake multiple times a night to the screech of tyres.
Help make recovery easier
GIPPSLANDERS are being urged to contribute to a nationwide survey that will assist the Red Cross in better serving disaster victims.
Fight continues
Unions have vowed to continue to fight for local jobs, after the next phase of a multi-million dollar recycling plant at Australian Paper's Maryvale Mill was awarded to a Melbourne-based contractor.
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Pegasus return to seniors
SOCCER
LVSL
By LIAM DURKIN
GUESS who's back.
Pegasus Soccer Club are returning to the Latrobe Valley Soccer League's senior men's competition.
The Horsemen did not field a side...
