Hazelwood shutdown: Last shift signals a lifetime of work over
His last shift at Hazelwood finished at 7am on Tuesday, the last of thousands of night and day shifts at the plant since he started there in 1988.
His last shift at Hazelwood finished at 7am on Tuesday, the last of thousands of night and day shifts at the plant since he started there in 1988.
How will the closure of Hazelwood affect the towns and businesses in the Latrobe Valley now, and shape the valley's future?
About 40 semi-trailers have parked outside State Parliament Tuesday morning as protests against the closure of Heyfield hardwood mill ramp up.
We've probably all seen them, the roadside crosses on country roads that stand as a memorial to the lost.
After more than 50 years as a mainstay of Victoria's power generation industry, it will take just three days for Hazelwood to shut down.
The planned demolition of the Hazelwood power station will take about three years to complete, a packed community meeting in Morwell was told on Wednesday night.
A surge in drownings in Victoria, 39 so far in 2016-17, has prompted fresh reminders about the dangers of combining alcohol and swimming.
Victoria's bushfire season is not over yet, Emergency Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley has warned.
Victoria's only wind tower manufacturer, Keppel Prince, will undertake a $2 million expansion of its wind tower fabrication facility in Portland, a move expected to generate 50 new jobs.
Hazelwood workers will get an employment lifeline, with the operators of other Latrobe Valley plants agreeing to hire people left jobless after the power station closes.
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