Fracking freeze for Gld
Fracking freeze for Gippsland
Industrial action averted
Looming industrial action at Hazelwood's power station and mine this week looks to have been averted, after unions and station management agreed on the terms of redundancy for a handful of employees.
Yallourn situation ‘under control’
After over two months of frantic activity and numerous setbacks, TRUenergy's sustained response to Morwell River's collapse into the Yallourn mine has finally brought the situation under control.
V/Line customers asked to arrive early
V/Line customers have been asked to arrive at Traralgon and Morwell stations 20 minutes earlier to catch connecting buses as works begin today fixing the sunken track near Morwell.
Highway duplication named priority
Completion of Princes Highway East’s duplication between Traralgon and Sale has been named a State Government priority.
Call for power stations’ ‘retirement’
SOME of Australia’s largest environment groups joined forces in Canberra on Tuesday imploring the Federal Government to provide “certainty” to the Latrobe Valley by announcing the “retirement” of local power stations.
Freight capacity needed
CONCERNS inadequate freight capacity in Gippsland could jeopardise opportunities to secure investors keen to do business here have been raised with the State Government by regional leaders.
Supermarket theft
A man believed to be in his early 20s committed an armed robbery at the Aldi Morwell supermarket on Tuesday around 12.15pm.
Lakes concerns allayed
After two months of anxious waiting, Gippsland Lakes stakeholder concerns over potential water contamination in discharges from the Yallourn open cut have been allayed.
A month of train delays
At least four weeks of delays are expected on the Gippsland V/Line rail service, after it partially closed again yesterday afternoon due to ongoing track stability issues.
Rain cripples V/Line track
A major accident on a Gippsland V/Line service was avoided by “sheer luck” on Sunday night, when a train ran over a sunken section of track west of Morwell while travelling at high speed.
Who is the voice of Gippsland?
GIPPSLAND boasts impressive “points of difference” compared with other Victorian regions, but needs a “voice” to communicate that externally, according to Victoria’s peak business body.
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Severe thunderstorms awakening heavy rain
STAFF WRITERS
SLOW-MOVING thunderstorms erupted through the Latrobe Valley from the earlier hours of Friday, February 27.
Some locals took to social media to report that...
