‘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.
Valley ignored: Opposition
BUDGET: THE State Opposition has claimed this week's state budget ignored the Latrobe Valley.
Mirboo North on NBN radar
The Mirboo North community has cautiously welcomed news it has been fast tracked to receive high speed broadband, as part of an updated National Broadband Network schedule.
Aged care concerns
Concerns with upcoming aged care reforms were discussed when Victoria's aged care peak body met with some of its members and Federal Member for McMillan Russell Broadbent in Warragul last week.
Disability funding welcomed
BUDGET: Gippslanders living with a disability, and their carers, are set to "benefit greatly" from the State and Federal Government's recent agreement on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, according to local MPs.
Night rider forges ahead
BUDGET: A bus service which transports late-night pub-goers from Traralgon's nightclub precinct to neighbouring towns has been funded for another year.
Safety concerns raised
A V/Line commuter has raised serious safety concerns after a Monday service travelled with an external door wide open for two Gippsland stops, before being noticed by the conductor.
Brown coal investment
BUDGET: INVESTMENT in the Latrobe Valley's brown coal sector will be driven by a range of funding initiatives, according to State Energy and Resources Minister Nicholas Kotsiras.
Open cut in spotlight
BUDGET: The integrity of Latrobe Valley's brown coal open cut network has come under the state budget spotlight, with $4.2 million allocated to improve "high risk" stability issues.
University decision imminent
THE Latrobe Valley community will know by tomorrow whether Monash University and the University of Ballarat will forge ahead with a regional university alliance, though a campus briefing yesterday left staff feeling the plan was a "done deal".
Drivers hospitalised after crash
A 40 year-old Traralgon woman is expected to be transferred from Latrobe Regional Hospital to the Alfred Hospital after she was seriously injured in a crash on Hazelwood Road, near Traralgon this morning.
Funds sought for key project
THE Federal Government will soon be asked to help fund a new $6.7 million Latrobe Valley University Training Clinic in Churchill, as one of two key local projects to have secured support from the region's transition committee.
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By LIAM DURKIN
LEISURELY weather provided a clam backdrop for an afternoon's cricket last Saturday.
With one eye on proceedings and the other on the Caulfield...
