Who is the voice of Gippsland?
GIPPSLAND boasts impressive “points of difference” compared with other Victorian regions, but needs a “voice” to communicate that externally, according to Victoria’s peak business body.
Not like them: youth
When Sudanese student Tethloach Pel Kum read the front page headline ‘African Youth Crime Concern’, of a metropolitan newspaper earlier this week, he became upset and angry.
Industrial action threat
The threat of industrial action at Hazelwood Power Station will take a step up today, as union members decide what form of action to implement after a long running dispute over worker redundancies.
TAFE music in limbo
It was a jovial scene on the streets of Morwell of Monday; echoes of guitar, drums and vocals bounced through the commercial district as a cohort of local musicians staged an impromptu live set.
Calls for ‘guidance and support’
Gippsland residents against mining in their communities have taken their fight to local and state governments.
Sale man in fatal collision
A 32 year-old Sale man was involved in a fatal accident when the car he was driving collided with a truck east of Traralgon last Wednesday morning.
NBN roll-out on schedule
The scheduled roll-out of the National Broadband Network across the Latrobe Valley is set to go ahead as planned despite a forecast national delay to the program.
After the accident: Deb’s story
Deb from Yinnar is grateful her husband Brad is on the road to recovery 12 months after he was seriously injured in a collision, but she knows things will never be the way they were.
A responsibility to help
Recent talk of a “solution” to Australia’s asylum seeker “problem”, and members of parliament’s claims of “fixing” the issue, are “misguided”, according to a local refugee advocate.
‘Hurry up and deliver’
National environmental groups will converge in Canberra tomorrow in a bid to pressure the Federal Government to “deliver” on a program which could see Latrobe Valley brown coal power stations close.
Drain battle drags on
The long-standing battle with bureaucracy to combat “swamp-like” conditions plaguing Morwell’s Wallace Street residents was raised in State Parliament last week.
Equipped with knowledge
A Latrobe Valley paramedic has returned after a five-week study trip to the United States and Canada with a better idea of the workings of wilderness response systems.
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What’s old is new in North Gippy
FOOTBALL
NORTH GIPPSLAND
BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
THE separation between the best and the rest gets slimmer.
Following results in Round 9 of the North Gippsland Football-Netball League, we...
