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Confronting cancer’s certainty
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Gap year leads to Afghanistan
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SNH gets by with a little help from its friends
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Seaspray gas test fires up neighbours
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BUDGET 2013: Full coverage
INTERACTIVE, VIDEO, POLL: Key regional independent MPs back the budget
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Confronting cancer’s certainty

ACTRESS Angelina Jolie placed double mastectomy in the spotlight. Courageous local Leah Scott has told how she confronted ...

Gap year leads to Afghanistan

FOR 22-year-old Private Megan Johnston of Seaton, a gap year was the beginning of a journey that would ...

SNH gets by with a little help from its friends

SALE Neighbourhood House officially launched the first stage of its renovations on Wednesday, showing off its new office ...

Lobbying follows budget snub

GIPPSLAND'S peak regional advocacy group will continue its campaign to secure funding for six key regional projects despite receiving no ...

Seaspray gas test fires up neighbours

UNCONVENTIONAL oil and gas company Lakes Oil has fired its Wombat One well near Seaspray against the backdrop ...

Budget on target

WELLINGTON Shire Council has recorded an operating surplus of $11.7 million for the three months to March 31.

GippsAero jobs slashed

LATROBE Valley's flagship manufacturing operation GippsAero is moving to shed about 40 workers about 27 per cent of its workforce ...

Fracking moratorium hurts economy — Lakes Oil

GAS and oil explorer Lakes Oil's chairman Rob Annells is highly critical of the state government's moratorium on ...

Councillor tells tales

WELLINGTON Shire Council will promote the value of children's reading and literacy by taking part in National Simultaneous ...

Volunteer visitors

NATIONAL Volunteer Week, this week, is a good opportunity for people to see how they can put something ...

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Teen in jail for sexually abusing his brother

Teen traded cigarettes for sexual favours from younger brother, 13.

High dollar suffocating regional business

Manufacturing and agricultural jobs on the chopping block without intervention, says John Casella.

Shopping centre terror for girl, 5

Teen wielding a knife alleged to have attempted to abduct a girl inside busy centre.

MEGA GALLERY: The week in pictures

NATIONAL: The 40 best snaps from our photographers.

Local Sport

Pies host Redlegs under lights

HIGH-flying Sale will tomorrow night host a Bairnsdale keen to bounce back from two disappointing loses.

Blues host rebounding Cats

AFTER winning a fiery contest against Churchill, the going won't get any easier when Rosedale hosts a Woodside ...

Stratford heads for Lakes

STRATFORD will be favoured to continue its winning form when it travels to take on bottom of the table Lakes ...

Traralgon comes out swinging against Sale

SEVEN runs in the first innings set-up the Latrobe Valley baseball leader Traralgon Redsox's 19-8 win over the ...

Maffra too strong

MAFFRA was too strong for an undermanned Wellington side in round four of East Gippsland women's hockey.

First GSL loss for Sale United

SALE United lost its first match of the Gippsland Soccer League season, going down to Traralgon City 3-2.

National

Deek's golden day

With the Brisbane Times City2South presented by Westpac bringing runners back to Coronation Drive, Commonwealth Games gold medallist ...

Ethical path to artificial stem cell technology

Australian research has created a molecular roadmap that shows how any cell in the human body can be ...

Part-time working mother is the norm

More Australian women are going back to work after having children, but they prefer to work part-time and ...

Gaming habits are learnt early

One in four teenagers has played a gambling-style video game, leading to warnings game play could translate into ...

Editorial cartoon

The day's burning issues as seen through the eyes of The Sydney Morning Herald's editorial cartoonist.

Dollar dilemma: below parity and going south

After spending most of the past two years more valuable than the greenback, the Australian dollar has finally been driven ...

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Fight to stop ancient arts falling into private hands

Move over Indiana Jones, there's a new breed of prospector scouring the world for treasure.

Burlesque queen follows Angelina's brave lead

On the morning Angelina Jolie announced she had a preventive double mastectomy, Imogen Kelly had three lumps removed from her ...

Anorexics wait two years for treatment

Young women in desperate need of treatment for eating disorders could be forced to wait up to two ...

Ethical path to artificial stem cell technology

Australian research has created a molecular roadmap that shows how any cell in the human body can be ...

Erectile issues an early sign of disease

Many men would rather die than talk about their unreliable penises. But if they don't listen to their ...

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GALLERY: Daft Punk a no-show as album 'launched'

VIDEOS: Wee Waa goes back to the future for much-hyped international album launch.

Mid-week marvels

Wednesdays in winter just got a whole lot hotter thanks to an eclectic new film program at the ...

Warmth in home tale

Some of the dialogue is a bit clunky on the exposition and emotion and a few story points ...

Releasing this mortal coil

Much of the book involves debunking myths that cling to popular ideas about death.

Life & Style

Daily horoscopes: Saturday, May 18

Read Alison Moroney's daily stars for Saturday, May 18, 2013.

One giant step for humankind

A discovery raises hope for a Parkinson's cure through to spinal injuries.

The cure and the disease

Processed meats are ubiquitous at mealtimes but we should be looking for alternatives.

Lease said the better about accountancy changes

Investors would get a clearer picture of a company's health under planned changes to accountancy standards that would ...

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Opinion

Truth, muffins and same sex marriage

Rail services are not satisfactory

Jodie Willis from the Committee for Wellington believes our train services are inadequate.

Assurances on V/Line rail services

I refer to David Crouch’s letter to the editor headed ‘Angst over rail’, (Gippsland Times 30/4).

Power, rail and gay marriage

I must take up my pen to mark some comments about the letters to the editor (Gippsland Times ...

We should not redefine marriage

I agree that we should show compassion to same-sex couples, but not by redefining marriage.

Investment in high speed rail crucial

Recent coverage of the Federal Government’s high speed rail study largely overlooked some crucial realities, according to Australasian ...

Travel

Flying in terminal bliss

You don't have to have business-class lounge access to take advantage of their facilities.

The ultimate pregnant pause

Before the baby in a carriage comes a babymoon, writes Michelle Wranik.

Take me to the foot spa

Andrew Taylor walks the rugged coastal splendour of the Great Ocean Road.

Trans-Tasman tastes

A new-wave movement has brought fine dining to Auckland, writes Simon Farell Green.

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