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.
Latrobe Valley reunion planned
Local soccer identities Jan Huizer and Gerry Clarke are organising a reunion of all players, officials, referees and supporters of the former Latrobe Valley/Gippsland men's soccer squads from the 1970s through to the early 2000s.
‘Unfair’ bowser prices
Extreme fuel price differences between metropolitan and Latrobe Valley petrol stations has led to calls for an investigation by the consumer watchdog.
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