Tier 1 Exposure Sites Moe, Morwell Traralgon.

Latrobe City testing sites: • Latrobe Valley Respiratory Clinic in Morwell has expanded capacity for testing. Clinic opening times and booking details at gphn.org.au/covid-19/. • Traralgon Recreation Reserve – drive through will be open 9.30am – 5pm tomorrow, Saturday 18 September. • Dorevitch Pathology –drive through at Latrobe Regional Hospital by appointment only, will be…

From 6pm on Friday 12 November, you can no longer use a doctor’s letter or certificate as proof of medical exemption from COVID-19 vaccination. Instead, your doctor needs to update your record on the Australian Immunisation Register to show that you have a medical exemption. Your exemption will then display on your immunisation history statement…

Because electrical infrastructure has been a major cause of bush fires in the past, more than 30 000km of high voltage power lines are being protected under a scheme to reduce future risk. The upgrades include the installation of safety switches that shut off power when lines contact vegetation. Nineteen of these devices prevented 33…

(From Michael Leaney, Walhalla) Thank you to everyone who has made contact expressing concerns over the heavy rain that was due to fall overnight. Walhalla received 42.5mm of rain, and, as you can see, it’s had little impact on Stringers Creek. Everyone needs to recognise the Stringers Creek, isn’t really a creek, it’s really an…

From Vic Premier Dan Andrews: “You wouldn’t choose a freezer meal over a dinner out. And you wouldn’t opt for a zoom call with friends over a catch up in the beer garden. But when you choose not to get vaccinated, without an exemption, that’s exactly what you’ll be doing. We’re all hanging out for…