The Latest Breaking News from Latrobe Valley

After the mushroom murders media circus, will ‘dark tourism’ be next for a small Victorian town?

Public fascination with crime is nothing new, but the Erin Patterson case may be ‘the first really intense Australian example of it’, expert says

The Guardian - AU · Jul 9, 2025

As the Latrobe Valley moves away from coal jobs, could a green worker’s cooperative offer a solution?

Worker cooperatives may sound like something out of the 19th century, but they still exist in the age of global capitalism.

The Conversation · May 15, 2025

‘Living next door to radioactive waste’: Latrobe Valley residents to rally against Coalition’s nuclear plan

In the lead-up to public hearings, a community organiser says ‘risky scheme’ is being pushed for region with no details or consultation

The Guardian - AU · Dec 2, 2024

David Bates pleads guilty, faces Latrobe Valley Court after stealing LandCruiser

A Latrobe Valley man was arrested for a burglary after leaving his icy pole stick in a stolen vehicle and his Health Care Card at the crime scene.

ABC News · Jan 16, 2023

Samantha Guillerme pleads guilty to manslaughter of Jarrad Lovison

A 26-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Latrobe Valley man Jarrad Lovison, who was found in bushland five weeks after his disappearance.

ABC News · Dec 19, 2022

Increase in child visits to hospital emergency departments after Hazelwood mine fire, study finds

Babies exposed to smoke from a Latrobe Valley fire were overrepresented in emergency departments during the 12 months after the fire, new research says.

ABC News · Nov 16, 2022

Environment Victoria launches Supreme Court challenge of EPA's review of coal-fired power stations in Latrobe Valley

Environmentalists tell Victoria's Supreme Court the Environment Protection Authority should have done more to curb greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power stations in the Latrobe Valley.

ABC News · Oct 23, 2022

Latrobe Valley worker shortage hitting the taxi industry in

Hotel Traralgon general manager Jason Bennett said patrons were often waiting more than an hour for a taxi late at night.

ABC News · Oct 7, 2022

Loy Yang A power station's early closure prompts Latrobe Valley locals to ponder their future

The identity of Victoria's Latrobe Valley is firmly rooted in its history as a centre of coal-fired power, but plans to shut the Loy Yang A power station early have locals questioning where to from here.

ABC News · Oct 2, 2022

So long, Loy Yang: shutting Australia’s dirtiest coal plant a decade early won’t jeopardise our electricity supply

AGL Energy – Australia’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases – announced this week it will shut the Loy Yang A power station in Victoria’s LaTrobe Valley in 2035, a decade earlier than planned.

The Conversation · Sep 30, 2022