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Wild weather This giant tree came down in Gwalia Street, Traralgon on Friday in the midst of gale force winds which lashed the Latrobe Valley late last week. FULL STORY, PHOTOS - PAGE 5
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Shake-up of the Morwell, Gippsland South electorates THE state electorate of Morwell has been given a boundary shake-up by gaining Moe while losing the rural areas around Toongabbie and Boolarra to Gippsland South District. The Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission announced final state
electorate changes on Thursday which come into effect at next year’s November state election. The EBC took submissions into account, including those from Latrobe City Council asking to transfer Moe out of Narracan District into Morwell in order to unite the municipality within one district.
The EBC draft plan had originally proposed no changes to Morwell as it was forecast to remain well within quota, but recognised the strong connections between Moe and the rest of Morwell. A Latrobe City submission into the draft changes maintained its position that Moe should be moved to reflect the boundaries of the municipality “for
economic and social cohesion outcomes”. A Latrobe City spokesperson said council was “committed to working with all elected representatives to advocate strongly for Latrobe City as a whole”. “Regardless of which state electorate our communities are part of,” the spokesperson said. Continued on page 3
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