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Monash impact: students

WHILE the benefits of a new "regionally focused" university for Gippsland were being spruiked by university leaders on Friday, student body representatives had reservations.

Monash impact: staff

A LONG-serving Monash University Gippsland academic has called on the Gippsland community to throw its support behind a new regional university to ensure its success.

Yallourn lockout ‘obvious’

Yallourn lockout 'obvious'

Grim prospects

The employment prospects of Latrobe Valley's disadvantaged youth are grim, according to a GippsTAFE engineering teaching veteran, who has raised heartfelt fears for their future.

Picket line continues

A UNION-led picket line at Australian Paper's Maryvale Mill has entered its fifth day, preventing about 140 of the plant's maintenance workforce from entering the site.

Rebranding begins

THE rebranding of Monash University Gippsland to a new entity expected to be known as either State University or Federation University, as the local campus prepared to transfer to the University of Ballarat, has commenced in ernest.

Food court cash grab

POLICE NEWS: A former Boost Juice employee was one of two women nabbed by police for allegedly stealing cash from the chain's Traralgon store.

Union pickets Mill

Australian Manufacturing Workers Union members have this morning formed a picket line at the entrance to Australian Paper's Maryvale Mill in the wake of the site's major contractor locking about a dozen workers out of the site.

Hospital funding stoush

LATROBE Regional Hospital's long-standing bid for a multi-million dollar expansion has been used as a political football between the state and federal governments in recent weeks amid accusations of "blame shifting" and "game playing".

Moe misses out

BUDGET: State Member for Narracan Gary Blackwood has moved to assure the Moe community he supports the revitalisation of the town's railway precinct, despite there being no money allocated for the project in next year's budget.

Infrastructure ‘win’

BUDGET: State Budget funding to spearhead two key Victorian infrastructure projects has been welcomed as a "major win" for Gippsland industries.

‘Knock-on’ effect

BUDGET: Additional train services announced on the Dandenong rail corridor in the state budget could have an unintentional "knock-on effect" for Gippslanders, further eroding V/Line's endemic performance issues.

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