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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.

Code for job cuts: Viney

Fears Gippsland’s education department will face mass redundancies have been rejected by local members of parliament. 

Council to vote on TELC’s future

The contentious sale of the old Traralgon Early Learning Centre site is on the agenda, with Latrobe City councillors set to vote on its future tonight. 

$109m bill for Yallourn

THE estimated financial impact of the Yallourn mine flooding cost TRUenergy’s parent company CLP Holdings a staggering $109 million as at 30 June 2012, but an industry observer believes the underlying cost could be much greater.

Future not assured

THE state and federal governments' attempts to facilitate construction of new clean coal demonstration plants in the Latrobe Valley have been labelled a "misplaced obsession" by the Gippsland Trades and Labour Council.

Sport devotion

THIRTY-four years is a long time in sport, yet that is how long Bob Hawkins has been involved with the Traralgon Basketball Association.

Challenging debate surprises

A GROUP of young Gippsland students were challenged to debate on some international topics recently, surprising audiences and themselves, as they did so with ease.

No guarantee for jobs

HOMEGROWN group training organisation Apprenticeships Group Australia has removed its guarantee on employment for its apprentices.

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