Universal cover call
FEARS ambulance costs prevent heart attack victims from phoning Triple Zero have prompted the National Heart Foundation to call for universal ambulance cover.
Feds refuse to stop cuts to hospitals
AN investigation into how costs can be broadly cut from Latrobe Regional Hospital's already lean budget is now underway following the Federal Government's steadfast refusal last week to reconsider its grab from the hospital's bottom line.
Slowing industry hurts apprentices
STATE Government statistics showing a decline in the total apprentice numbers in Victoria over the past nine months have not surprised industry players.
Protest action slammed
Environmental protestors have been slammed by local emergency authorities for wasting "vital" resources, after occupying the side of a Yallourn Power Station cooling tower for more than 24 hours late last week.
Voicing their concerns
Perched 50 metres off the ground on the side of a power station cooling tower is not your average way of spending a Thursday night.
A new Valley vision
A bold vision in which Yallourn power station's open cut mine becomes a giant composting facility has taken out first place in an international urban design competition.
Callers left waiting
CASES of people with disabilities being abandoned by taxi service provider 13CABS have emerged following changes to the administration of the transport service since July.
Eleventh hour efforts to shelve cuts
LAST ditch talks aimed at averting multi-million dollar hospital funding cuts, set to cause a blow-out in Latrobe Regional Hospital's surgery waiting lists, were staged late yesterday.
Workers’ narrow escape
CALLS for overarching safety legislation to be applied across the local power industry have been renewed, after it emerged two workers were nearly killed at the Yallourn open cut coal mine in June.
Helping preserve precious memories
PROFESSIONAL photographer Carolyn Everard takes photographs of primarily happy occasions, like weddings, glamour photography, and family portraits.
Stars above the rest
WHEN David and Melinda Wilson planned to convert their property into boutique accommodation, they never anticipated to play host to the likes of Prime Minister Julia Gillard and former premier John Brumby.
Drawing to a close
IT has been a challenging 10 months on the Bicentennial Trail for Churchill resident Sam Alexander, who has learnt exactly what he is made of, after going through weeks of isolation riding through challenging terrain.
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A decade on: Year of the dogs, part one
FOOTBALL
MID GIPPSLAND
By LIAM DURKIN
YOU have to lose one to win one.
Sometimes, you even have to lose three.
Newborough Football-Netball Club put the demons of three...
