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Local runner dies in NZ

MORWELL resident Duncan Orr was killed in a motor vehicle accident near Christchurch in New Zealand at the weekend.

We must move forward

ON Wednesday night Moe residents will gather in a bid to influence the design of their town's revitalisation.

Wage offer voted down

GIPPSLAND paramedics joined ambulance union delegates from all over Victoria last week to vote down State Government wage offers they deemed "insulting".

MACP review likely to continue despite petition

A LAST-ditch effort to stop the Moe Activity Centre Plan review in its tracks is likely to fail.

Thousands rally in Melbourne

THOUSANDS of Victorian school staff including those from the Latrobe Valley participated in a "very successful" rally in Melbourne last week, according to Australian Education Union Gippsland region organiser Jeff Gray.

‘Beggars at the table’

A STATE minister has warned Latrobe Valley was in danger of becoming "beggars at the table" and forced to rely on coal exported from interstate, if recent energy projections were realised.

Drivers caught out

MORE than 40 drivers received infringement notices on Thursday afternoon in a Latrobe Highway Patrol police blitz.

Valley still left waiting

THE Latrobe Valley will have to wait for news on a range of issues critical to its economic future while they remain bogged in bureaucracy.

Pool shortlisted

The Gippsland Aquatic Centre project is one step closer to gaining $15 million in Federal Government funding after being shortlisted by Regional Development Australia.

Thousands to strike

ALL Latrobe Valley public school as well as some Catholic schools are expected to be affected by today's 24-hour stopwork by members of the Australian Education Union.

Protesters to front court again

TWO anti-coal activists from Melbourne will face the Latrobe Valley Magistrates' Court again on 25 March.

Bishop praises a ‘humble man’

When Gippsland's Catholic Bishop Christopher Prowse heard the news Pope Benedict XVI would resign later this month, he thought there had been a mistake.

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