Morwell schools in limbo
THREE of Morwell's four state primary schools remain in limbo over their future location after the state budget again failed to fund a proposal to see them merge on a new site.
Career dreams washed away
IT seemed like only yesterday when Awuoi Apech enrolled in the Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE, confident about her future.
‘Difficult decision’ for TAFE
ABOUT 35 jobs at GippsTAFE will be axed by July, with more predicted to come.
Doctor fined for hit and run
A LATROBE Valley doctor was fined $1000 and had her drivers licence suspended for one month today, after she was found guilty of a hit and run incident in Traralgon last year.
Delayed outage begins
A planned 45-day outage at Loy Yang Power, delayed last month for operation reasons, has now commenced.
Urban growth study
ESCALATING population trends in Gippsland have prompted Latrobe City Council to develop a long-term growth area strategy.
Boost for children
Latrobe Valley's vulnerable children are expected to be key beneficiaries of the massive boost to child protection funding announced in this week's State Budget.
Relics of the ‘Heartbreak Hills’
The official opening of the Grand Strzelecki Track this weekend will not only expose bushwalkers to the area's environmental splendour, but they will experience a journey through the rich history of hardship and struggle in the area.
Budget shockwave
GIPPSLAND could lose two of its major TAFE campuses following the release of what has been described as a "shameful" State Government budget.
Back-office jobs uncertainty
BACK-office employees of the State Government may be first to go on the list of job cuts, in a move to preserve the number of front-line public sector workers.
Upgrade ‘long overdue’
THE Mirboo North Secondary College is one of 10 regional Victorian schools to share in a $70.7 million allocation under the recently-announced state budget for "long-overdue" upgrading works.
Funding for dairy industry
Gippsland's dairy industry is well placed to attract $14.3 million in research and development funding over four years, allocated in the state budget.
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