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Valley digs deep to top biggest efforts

AN anonymous Latrobe Valley family has played a pivotal role in helping Traralgon's Royal Exchange Hotel Cork Club make its biggest ever contribution to the Good Friday Appeal.

Give apprentices a go

LOCAL businesses who hire trade apprentices have been urged to take advantage of a financial incentive provided by the State Government through the Gippsland Apprentices Program, which aims to have 50 apprentices employed by 30 June.

Support university proposal: PVC

THE broader Gippsland community has been urged to stand by and embrace the proposal for an expanded regional university by Monash University Gippsland Campus' Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Robin Pollard.

Power station to get protester pay-out

ANTI-coal activists who scaled a cooling tower at the Yallourn Power Station in December have been ordered to pay $2500 each in compensation to EnergyAustralia.

Strike threat looms

THE looming threat of industrial action has resurfaced at Yallourn power station, where shift workers are preparing to walk off the job next Wednesday.

Stretched to breaking point

GIPPSLAND has the most under-resourced ambulance service in Victoria, raising fears among paramedics the service will hit breaking point this Easter.

Ongoing trend of neglect

A MOVE to retrench 37 Hazelwood power station contractors has been met with widespread alarm from unions, who fear it will further entrench a "disturbing and ongoing trend" of maintenance cutbacks in the power industry.

A taste of Easter

Amber enjoyed her first taste of chocolate when the Easter Bunny visited the Moe Central Child Care and Kindergarten centre yesterday.

Payment change hits parents hard

THE Federal Government's decision to move about 100,000 single parents in Australia from the parenting payment to the Newstart allowance this year has hit Latrobe Valley's single parents hard and evoked an emotional response from many.

Future frontline

Latrobe Valley's business sector is well placed to host the 'next wave' of widespread energy efficiency improvements, as part of the wider battle against the impacts of climate change.

Development moves ahead

Latrobe City Council has paved the way for a major residential development to progress in the Moe-Newborough area.

Grand reopening of falls

Visitors will now be able to safely enjoy the "peace and tranquillity" of Morwell River Falls Reserve after its reopening on Friday.

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