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Latrobe City push to penalise ‘land-banking’

HEFTY council rates and stricter property standards could be enforced as part of Latrobe City's investigation into enforcing owners to clean up unsightly properties. 

DAP sparks debate

THE rejection of a "lousy" $4000 for a disability advocacy film festival sparked an emotional debate at the tabling of Latrobe City's Disability Action Plan. 

TAFE teachers take industrial action

TAFE teachers from across Gippsland will undertake their first stop work today to protest the $16 million cut to local TAFEs in a rally in Melbourne. 

Police hunt knife-wielding robber

Detectives will be ramping up their efforts to apprehend a "brazen" and "cocky" offender who is believed to be the perpetrator of at least three armed robberies in Morwell over the past three weeks.

Parents back school

Grey Street Primary parents have rallied in support of the school, amid accusations of mismanagement of the alleged bullying of a former student made by his parent. 

Fight over TAFE cuts

Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE has rejected Latrobe City councillor Graeme Middlemiss' accusations it betrayed council following the education provider's leaked transition plans. 

Coal deal signed

A clean coal technology developer moving to export Latrobe Valley brown coal has officially entered in partnership with a Chinese shipping company. 

More incentives needed

THE current model used to attract and retain doctors in regional areas, including Gippsland, is flawed and should be replaced, according to a Senate Committee Report just released. 

Getting women dressed for success

WITH a new program manager at the helm, national not-for-profit organisation Fitted for Work's only regional office in Morwell is ready to reach out to help more local women prepare to join the workforce. 

Tasmanian cadets take flight in the Valley

RIGOROUS flight training in the Latrobe Valley last week gave air force cadets a taste of the action. 

GippsTAFE fears quelled

CENTRAL Gippsland Institute of TAFE will not close its Yallourn campus unless the proposed Morwell site, which would house the merged campuses, was already built and ready. 

Leading the CWA forward

MOE's Crystal Rudd grew up admiring the work her late paternal grandmother Jean carried out as the president of the Yinnar Country Women's Association, but it never occurred to her she may one day be the president of a branch too. 

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