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Local law clean-up

RESIDENTS' cries about the increasing number of derelict properties have been heard, with Latrobe City Council agreeing to investigate new enforcement laws.

Nothing new in taxi inquiry: VTA representative

THE Fels Inquiry for the Victorian taxi industry has not made any new recommendations, says a local Victorian Taxi Association representative.

‘Significant’ clean-up cost

LATROBE City Council is expecting the cost of cleaning up after last week's flood damage to run into "hundreds of thousands of dollars" although it has yet to conduct an official assessment.

Students slam Monash

THE Monash University Gippsland Student Union has condemned the university's decision to carry on with the exams on Tuesday despite widespread flooding, saying it failed in its "duty of care to students' wellbeing".

Nethercote to leave LYP

LONG serving Loy Yang Power chief executive Ian Nethercote will leave the company this month as AGL Energy Ltd prepares to take over full ownership of the generator.

Emergency relief appeal launched

The Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund has launched an appeal to support people affected by last week's major flooding events across Gippsland.

Call to honour pledge

THE message of discontent with the State Government was loud and clear as more than 200 Gippsland teachers undertook stop work action on Thursday.

Natal mental health boost

GIPPSLAND mothers will soon have access to an in-house mother-baby mental health service, a first in the Latrobe Valley.

Home care boost

LATROBE seniors are set to benefit from a $199,319 State Government funding boost to aged care services helping them to live independently at home.

‘Catastrophic’ collapse

The Morwell River's collapse into the Yallourn open cut coal mine has been labelled "catastrophic" by the state's mining and energy union, which says the State Government and TRUenergy have been playing down the severity of the situation.

Baw Baw burglaries

BAW BAW Criminal Investigation Unit has released an image of a man it believes may assist in the investigation of two house burglaries in Yarragon and Trafalgar recently.

Mum’s brave battle

CHILDBIRTH in itself is an experience for any woman, but to be told she had a rare form of cancer just an hour before her daughter's birth made the experience utterly surreal for Traralgon mother Melinda Monaghan.

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