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Joint drought document presented to state

East Gippsland and Wellington shire councils have presented their joint 'Gippsland Drought Response Proposal - Looking Ahead', to the state government.

Air-con is great, but train travellers need more

The long haul carriages in service on the Bairnsdale line that form part of V/Line's classic N set locomotives have received their long awaited air-conditioning upgrade.

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.

Chester re-elected

ELECTION 2019 | Darren Chester has been re-elected to represent the seat of Gippsland for the fifth consecutive time, following the federal election on Saturday.

Result clear, but the counting continues

ELECTION 2019 | With 82.72 per cent of the vote counted for the seat of Gippsland on Monday morning, Darren Chester led on two candidate preferred with 67.25 per cent compared to Labor's Antoinette Holm with 32.75 per cent.

Nats MP wants drought funding in state budget

Drought support for farmers and affected Gippsland businesses should be top of mind when the state budget is released next Monday, according to Gippsland South MLA Danny O'Brien.

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.

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.

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