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Gippsland ambulance ‘under-resourced’

STATE Government claims of boosted ambulance services are not being felt on the ground in the Latrobe Valley, according to the Ambulance Employees Australia of Victoria. 

Praise for paramedics

SHEILA Corser has nothing but praise for local paramedics who worked to save her husband from death just weeks ago. 

Call out for more care on roads

CARELESS and impatient drivers speeding through ongoing Princes Freeway road works have been lambasted by local police and road authorities, after a multiple-car collision last week. 

On road to recovery

IT only took a split second for a morning bike ride to turn into disaster for former Australian Football League star and Morwell resident Troy Makepeace. 

Working with the dead

PREPARING the dead for funerals was essential to a Yinnar South author's research for his award-winning novel, The Dead I Know. 

‘See me, not the disability’

DESPITE being born without arms and legs as a result of her mother taking thalidomide during pregnancy, Lyn Rowe visited the region to encourage people to "see the person not the disability". 

Pensioner speaks out

ETHEL Batt is not too old to spot an injustice when she sees one and, as far as she is concerned, a recent State Government rebate cut to her utilities bills is unfair. 

Abattoir workers escape conviction

GOOD behaviour bonds have been handed to three former employees of a Trafalgar abattoir after they pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges.

Statistics up following greater policing efforts

LATROBE Valley's most recent crime statistics showing sharp rises in family violence and drug offences reflect greater policing efforts to scale up prosecutions. 

Millions slashed from fire budget

Claims a $41 million cut in the Country Fire Authority's budget will not impact on Latrobe Valley's front line services have been disputed by a local inside source. 

Asbestos lobby success

A LATROBE Valley advocacy group has had a major win after successfully campaigning to remove a Federal Government-sanctioned asbestos guide. 

More strikes planned as teachers increase fight

PARENTS are being warned more strikes could come after hundreds of Latrobe Valley teachers took part in the largest Australian Education Union stop-work action yesterday. 

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