Nicole Asher
Nicole Asher is a reporter for ABC Gippsland. Prior to this she worked in Western Australia’s South West region for newspapers before starting at ABC South West in Bunbury. Nicole has a Bachelor of Arts from Curtin University and a Graduate Certificate in Broadcasting from Edith Cowan University. Follow Nicole on Twitter @Nic_Asher
Dentist jailed for killing off-duty police officer
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A former Bairnsdale dentist is expected to face deportation after being jailed for a crash that killed an off-duty police officer.
Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, police, morwell-3840, lindenow-south-3875
Hazelwood power station parts destined for Museums Victoria
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Museums Victoria shows interest in acquiring parts of Victoria's oldest working pieces of industrial heritage.
Topics: coal, mining-industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, history, morwell-3840
Highest proportion of priests accused of child sex abuse were in Diocese of Sale
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The Catholic Church confirms more than $200,000 has been paid to victims of sex abuse perpetrated by members of the Diocese of Sale, in eastern Victoria.
Topics: royal-commissions, laws, child-abuse, sexual-offences, catholic, sale-3850
Regional Forest Agreement given last-minute extension
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The first of the controversial Regional Forest Agreements to expire has been extended for 12 months.
Topics: forests, conservation, orbost-3888
Long wait for court dates 'sad indictment' on system, magistrate says
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A Latrobe Valley magistrate is told a two-hour hearing cannot be scheduled until December.
Topics: laws, courts-and-trials, crime, judges-and-legal-profession, morwell-3840
Heyfield preparing for fight to save sawmill
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Residents of a small Victorian town face an uncertain future as the country's biggest hardwood timber sawmill considers closure.
Topics: regional, work, heyfield-3858
Hazelwood rehabilitation to cost $743 million, Engie says
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The rehabilitation of Hazelwood mine is expected to cost $439 million, with work on the power station site set to reach $304 million, the owner says.
Topics: coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, morwell-3840
Power plant workers face huge pay cuts after AGL wins industrial dispute
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Workers at one of the Victoria's biggest coal-fired power stations will lose up to $100,000 a year in wages following a Fair Work Commission decision to abolish a workplace agreement, a union says.
Topics: unions, government-and-politics, traralgon-3844, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
'Monday Tucker' serves more than 100 Christmas dinners
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The sound of more than 100 people singing Jingle Bells is not a normal Christmas dinner experience, but each year Monday Tucker makes that a reality.
Topics: welfare, charities-and-community-organisations, homelessness, community-organisations, christmas, sale-3850
Massage therapist jailed for rape of 80-year-old woman
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A massage therapist is sentenced to more than three years in jail for the rape and sexual assault of an elderly woman in East Gippsland.
Topics: courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, morwell-3840
Plenty of barramundi in Victoria, for now
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For a limited time, Victorian anglers no longer have to travel thousands of kilometres to catch barramundi, the prized game fish which thrives in the warm waters of the Northern Territory.
Topics: fish, fishing-aquaculture, rural, community-and-society, morwell-3840
Proposed Esso strike stopped by Fair Work Commission
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The Fair Work Commission issues an order preventing more than 600 Esso workers from striking indefinitely from Friday.
Topics: oil-and-gas, industrial-relations, work, longford-3851
Mothers call for specialised autism school in Gippsland
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An autism advocacy body calls on governments to develop a national approach to deal with autism in the education system.
Topics: autism-spectrum-disorder, access-to-education, disabilities, children, morwell-3840
Hazelwood barramundi target of illegal fishing
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Authorities warn anglers from across Victoria, they face fines if caught fishing for barramundi in the Hazelwood pondage before the fishery opens.
Topics: illegal-fishing, regional, fish, mining-industry, churchill-3842
Gas supply in four states at risk as 600 Esso workers plan to strike
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The Federal Government raises concerns a proposed strike by more than 600 Esso workers could impact gas supply across four states.
Topics: unions, oil-and-gas, work, industrial-relations, longford-3851
Older Hazelwood worker to lose more of redundancy in tax, calls for change
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A Hazelwood worker labels tax rules that stop him from qualifying for a genuine redundancy because he is over 65 as unjust, and calls for the rule to be reviewed.
Topics: tax, yinnar-3869
Defence supply opportunities for Latrobe Valley
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Defence experts are indicating Gippsland could become a significant player in the Australian Defence Force's supply chain.
Topics: defence-industry, defence-forces, manufacturing, morwell-3840
Remote doctors need help overcoming GP shortage
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The only doctor working in one of Victoria's most remote towns is calling on the State and Federal Governments to do more to help relieve doctor shortages in the rural areas.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, federal-government, mallacoota-3892
Fujitsu to be main tenant in new $17m Morwell training precinct
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The Victorian Government has announced a $17 million hi-tech education precinct in the Latrobe Valley is expected to be home to international technology giant Fujitsu.
Topics: information-technology, education, education-collaborative-projects, regional, government-and-politics, work, community-and-society, morwell-3840
Mountain highway underpass to help rare pygmy possums breed
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Mountain pygmy possum populations separated by the Great Alpine Road will soon have a new, specially-designed tunnel to help them meet a mate.
Topics: conservation, marsupials, animals, mount-hotham-3741
Fishermen charges accused illegally catching shark
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A tip off to Fisheries Victoria leads to two South Gippsland men being summonsed to court for allegedly catching a critically-endangered grey nurse shark.
Topics: shark, illegal-fishing, environmental-impact, environmental-management, welshpool-3966
Hazelwood closure threatens decades old triathlon club
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A triathlon club that has called the Hazelwood pondage home for the past 32 years is looking for a new base in preparation for the water to go cold when the power station shut its doors.
Topics: triathlon, sports-organisations, swimming, cycling, morwell-3840
Hazelwood rehabilitation will face significant challenges, expert warns
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A Victorian engineering expert is warning the rehabilitation of a coal mine the size of Hazelwood is unprecedented in Australia.
Topics: coal, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, water, morwell-3840
Grassroots search to end town's doctor shortage
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A remote Gippsland community is employing unconventional methods to lure new doctors to the one-doctor town.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, regional, work, healthcare-facilities, community-organisations, community-development, mallacoota-3892
Victorian building company Alternate Dwellings leaves $2m debt
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A Victorian building company racked up debts of close to $2 million before it was placed in the hands of administrators.
Topics: building-and-construction, housing-industry, company-news, morwell-3840
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