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Building stronger relationships

EDUCATION will be the tool used to break through racial ignorance, according to Trafalgar High School student Estelle Fraser.

Unemployment figures drop

GIPPSLAND'S unemployment rate defied the odds to drop to a rate lower than the state average in May.

Govt fails on jobs: Viney

DURING the Baillieu Government's first year in office in Victoria, about 11,000 jobs were lost across Gippsland and the Latrobe Valley, according to the State Opposition.

TAFE left ‘high and dry’

WHAT was once a classroom filled with business students at Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE now stands empty.

Guidelines under microscope

THE State Government has denied claims its transition plan guidelines for TAFEs are too "stringent".

Dedication pays off

Traralgon's Mikaela Ryan was the only Latrobe Valley student to be recognised at the Premier's VCE Awards, at a ceremony held in Melbourne recently.

$50m lifeline

Morwell's ailing EnergyBrix coal briquette factory has been thrown a lifeline, landing $50 million in Federal Government funding, enabling it to continue operating for another two years.

Man dies in Driffield crash

A BOOLARRA man involved in a fatal single-vehicle car crash in the early hours of Friday morning was believed to have lost control around a bend on the Strzelecki Highway.

Knowing your options

AS energy bills look set to soar with the introduction of the carbon tax, Latrobe Valley consumers are being urged to join "social revolutions" fighting for better deals.

Fatal near Driffield

A MAN was involved in a fatal car crash this morning near Driffield.

County Court upholds Stivic decision

THE County Court has upheld a Latrobe Valley magistrate's decision to sentence a Churchill mother-of-eight to three months' imprisonment after she was found guilty of obtaining emergency funds by deception.

School review ‘demoralising’

The principal of Morwell's Koorie College has expressed "disappointment" at a long awaited performance review, which has backed earlier assertions the school was a waste of government money.

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Andy’s lifetime dedication to football

FOOTBALL By LIAM DURKIN   ANDY Theissling is Mr Football. The Traralgon resident lives and breathes it. Those who frequent local footy matches during winter have surely come across...