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Police seek witnesses to driver destroying bins

Police are seeking witnesses or CCTV footage of an incident in Maffra last Thursday evening when a white utility mounted footpaths, destroyed garbage bins and did burnouts.

Litter dumpers trashing the local environment

Gippsland's beautiful and iconic natural environment is being trashed by people who continue to use the area as a rubbish dump.

Interest in coal to produce hydrogen

Using Latrobe Valley brown coal and black coal is the best and cheapest way to produce hydrogen, paving the way for a major low emissions export industry and local transport fuel.

Council supports a ‘truck route’

Wellington Shire Council has voted to formally recognise the Myrtlebank-Fulham, Sale-Heyfield and Myrtlebank Rds connecting to the Princes Highway west and north of Sale as an alternative truck route.

Federation Training now ‘TAFE Gippsland’

Students in Gippsland will now be learning at an institute with instant recognition and connection to the local community, with Federation Training unveiling its name change to TAFE Gippsland.

Police appeal for information following Maffra incident

Maffra police are appealing for information relating to two vans, one black and the other white, seen driving around the Maffra township on Wednesday afternoon.

Gippsland votes

ELECTION 2019 | With seven candidates jostling for position in the election for the federal seat of Gippsland, and the largest proportion of eligible voters on the electoral roll since Federation, all eyes will be on Saturday's polling results.

Truck driver swerves for wildlife, hits barrier and tips

Traffic travelling through Stratford on the Princes Highway was diverted for several hours to Bengworden Rd on Monday.

Thousands of people have already voted in the Gippsland electorate

Thousands of Gippslanders have taken the opportunity to vote early in the Federal Election, reflective of a growing trend toward pre-poll voting throughout the nation.

Bistro operator gives AusNet a serve

A Loch Sport business owner is frustrated, claiming frequent interruptions to electricity in the area is affecting businesses.

MHR says he is being ‘ignored’ by state

Gippsland MHR Darren Chester claims he is being "ignored" over his requests for the state government to allocate the money needed to finish Princes Highway duplication works between Sale and Traralgon.

TAFE news welcomed

The recent announcement of a new timeline for the building of a new Port of Sale Federation Training campus has been welcomed by local businesses and education providers, who have been waiting anxiously for further confirmation that a central training centre will eventuate

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