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An Australian-first electro weeding trial is under way

A NON-CHEMICAL weeding device that uses electricity to kill plants will be put through its paces in Western Australia to determine its suitability for...

Nats win Traralgon, rural, ALP tops Morwell and Moe

By PHILIP HOPKINS EXAMINATION shows that The Nationals' Martin Cameron won the seat of Morwell at the state election with majority support in Traralgon and...

SEC under way

By PHILIP HOPKINS THE state government has taken first steps to revive the State Electricity Commission (SEC), transferring the SEC to a new Ministry, naming...

Here we go again

By LIAM DURKIN ALWAYS good to have stability at the top. Kellie O'Callaghan will carry the title of Mayor O'Callaghan for another 12 months,...

Plibersek backs RFAs

By PHILIP HOPKINS THE federal Minister for the Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek, has backed the Regional Forest Agreements (RFA), but they will be reformed...

Vic forestry: facts v fiction

COMMENT By JOHN CAMERON THE state government recently said it would minimise job impacts from the timber shortage and accelerate the Opal Maryvale mill's...

Legendary teacher retires

By MICHELLE SLATER A LONG-STANDING Trafalgar school teacher is capping his whiteboard marker for the last time after half a century in the game. John Duck...

Opal worker help

By MICHELLE SLATER THE Victorian government is establishing a new Worker Support Service in the Latrobe Valley to help Opal Australian Paper employees at Maryvale...

A helping hand and 80 years of solidarity

By LIAM DURKIN THERE aren’t many of these left anymore. Maryvale Friendly Society, which operates out of the Opal Australia mill at Maryvale, celebrates...

Shing, Bath back

THE Victorian Electoral Commission has declared the results for the Legislative Council, with Eastern Victorian incumbents, Labor MP Harriet Shing and the Nationals' Melina...

Call for care on recalled items

IN light of recent food recalls from Food Standards Australia New Zealand relating to a small selection of spinach products, vegetable peak industry body...

EPA clears Loy Yang B output

By MICHELLE SLATER THE Environment Protection Authority has reverted discharge limits for sulphur dioxide emissions at Loy Yang B power station after granting its...

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Total Fire Ban declared for most of Victoria

A Total Fire Ban (TFB) has been declared for most of Victoria tomorrow, Wednesday, February 11, 2026, due to forecast extreme fire weather. The TFB...