One Gippsland to lobby for local investment
AN intensive pre-election lobby effort aimed at securing investment for Gippsland is underway in Canberra this week.
Power sell off was ‘best thing’
NO single issue has transformed the Latrobe Valley more than the Kennet government's privatisation of the power industry.
Work up for grabs
A PROPOSED $45 million retail precinct for Warragul is tipped to create up to 600 jobs, including about 200 construction jobs Latrobe Valley workers can vie for.
Workers ready for walkout
THE stage is set for Latrobe Valley's first power station walkout in recent history, as more than 100 Loy Yang B employees prepare for a station wide 24-hour stop-work, due to commence early tomorrow morning.
The better place for women
A DEBATE in Traralgon about whether women were more effective as policymakers or campaigners and social advocates ended in a draw last week.
New Pope a welcome surprise
THERE was a tangible buzz about Gippsland's Catholic community last week with the appointment of Latin America's first Pope.
Data is accurate: Viney
STATE Member for Morwell Russell Northe's recent interpretation of Gippsland's job figures has been challenged by an opposition State MP who called it "absurd".
Bright future for TAFE: Hall
LOCAL TAFE institutes have a "bright future" ahead of them after the pain of the past 12 months, according to State Higher Education and Skills Minister Peter Hall.
Give uni merger proposal time: VC
UNIVERSITY of Ballarat Vice Chancellor Professor David Battersby hopes the community will warm to the idea of a proposed alliance between the university and Monash University's Gippsland campus as details become clearer.
Patient wait continues
WHILE Latrobe Valley paramedics hope a change in State Government leadership might bring an end to their drawn out industrial dispute, some local patients have continued to wait hours for an ambulance.
Gippsland poised to grow
THE Gippsland region is well-positioned to grow the state's economy, innovate and create new jobs, according to Deputy Premier and Regional and Rural Development Minister Peter Ryan.
Loy Yang B at loggerheads
A FULL scale 24-hour employee walkout at Loy Yang B power station this Friday hinges on a single word, after enterprise bargaining negotiations boiled down to one paragraph last Thursday.
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A decade on: Year of the dogs, part one
FOOTBALL
MID GIPPSLAND
By LIAM DURKIN
YOU have to lose one to win one.
Sometimes, you even have to lose three.
Newborough Football-Netball Club put the demons of three...
