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‘Should have known better,’ doctor told

A LOCAL doctor was given a stern warning at the Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court after she collided with a Ford Laser in her Mercedes in Traralgon last year and drove off, leaving the passengers of the car stunned and injured.

An anxious wait

LOCAL carers must wait for tomorrow's Federal Budget to see if they will benefit from an early, small-scale rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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