Liam Durkin

Gippsland

Journalist at Latrobe Valley Express

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Out of his own pocket

3 weeks ago | latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Liam Durkin |Daniel Pedersen

By LIAM DURKIN“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2LATROBE City Councillors may have inadvertently borrowed from the titular character of Shakespeare’s greatest work, when voting on whether or not to spend $9500 to send mayor Dale Harriman to the country where the famous play is set. Not that is matters now, for Cr Harriman has confirmed he is paying his own way.
Who will get the keys to The Lodge?

3 weeks ago | latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Liam Durkin |Daniel Pedersen

By LIAM DURKINSTRAP yourself in (especially if you live in Monash). The federal election has been called for May 3, 2025. Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese visited the governor general, Sam Mostyn, last Friday morning (March 28) to dissolve the 47th parliament, triggering a five-week race to form the next government. The declaration comes after Labor released its federal budget in March, which the Coalition leader and Mr Albanese’s election opponent, Peter Dutton, replied to last week.
Regular season done, finals time starts now

1 month ago | latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Liam Durkin |Blake Metcalf-Holt |Daniel Pedersen

CRICKETCRICKET LATROBE VALLEYBy LIAM DURKIN and BLAKE METCALF-HOLTPremier A GradeLITTLE to no surprises came out of the last day of the Cricket Latrobe Valley Premier A regular season. The top four remained as is, with Glengarry, Ex Students, Morwell and Centrals rounding out the top four after Round 14. Despite Premier A results going largely as expected, there was still some talking points across the league.
Warming up before huge finals action

1 month ago | latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Liam Durkin |Blake Metcalf-Holt |Daniel Pedersen

CRICKETCRICKET LATROBE VALLEYBy LIAM DURKIN and BLAKE METCALF-HOLTPremier A GradeLITTLE surprises came out of Day 1 during the final round of Cricket Latrobe Valley Premier A. The final nail in the coffin for Moe’s finals chances was confirmed by stumps, with the Lions now no chance of outrighting Ex Students. Morwell meanwhile are going for an outright themselves, in the hopes of nudging ahead of the Sharks by quotient to secure a home final.
Cricket culprits pay price

1 month ago | latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Liam Durkin |Daniel Pedersen

CRICKETCRICKET LATROBE VALLEYBy LIAM DURKINTWO players at the centre of the dust up between Gormandale and Rovers cricket club have been slapped with lengthy bans. Gormandale fast bowler Nathan Heard will not play for the next 10 years, while his clubmate Tyler Reynolds won’t play for the next four. The bombshell verdicts were handed down last Thursday night by the Cricket Latrobe Valley tribunal.
Cricket chaos

1 month ago | latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Liam Durkin |Blake Metcalf-Holt |Daniel Pedersen

CRICKETCRICKET LATROBE VALLEYBy LIAM DURKIN and BLAKE METCALF-HOLTA GradeWHILE just one round remains in Cricket Latrobe Valley A Grade, much can change in a fortnight. The top two of Churchill (by a significant margin) and Imperials have already been locked into finals for the last few weeks, yet the last two spots remain undecided. Rovers, Mirboo North and Latrobe (just) all remain in the race.
No play in Prem, limited in A Grade

2 months ago | latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Blake Metcalf-Holt |Liam Durkin |Daniel Pedersen

CRICKETCRICKET LATROBE VALLEYBy BLAKE METCALF-HOLT and LIAM DURKINA GradeFINE tuned by the end of the season. Only three days remain in the home-and-away schedule of Cricket Latrobe Valley A Grade, and with weather disruptions throughout the weekend, most sides batting first remained in by the end of Day 1. Imperials lead Latrobe by 183 runsAS Imperials march towards finals after a momentary lapse during the course of the season, no one below seems to be able to catch them off guard.
Strange range of results after Day 2

2 months ago | latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Liam Durkin |Blake Metcalf-Holt |Daniel Pedersen

CRICKETCRICKET LATROBE VALLEYBy LIAM DURKIN and BLAKE METCALF-HOLTPremier A GradeDEFENCE proved harder to beat than the rain in some instances on Day 2 of Round 12 in Cricket Latrobe Valley. Outrights, draws, and even a reverse outright and a ‘winning draw’ made for something of a strange day, as not a single first innings victory was recorded. Moe def CATS via outright by 42 runsMOE kept its finals hopes alive with an outright victory over CATS.
Hansford enters Gippsland race, Broadbent decides to go again

2 months ago | latrobevalleyexpress.com.au | Liam Durkin |Daniel Pedersen

By LIAM DURKINOFF and racing. Two more candidates have joined the battle to become the federal member for Gippsland and Monash respectively. Monash incumbent Russell Broadbent has announced he will be recontesting as an independent, while prominent Latrobe Valley voice Greg Hansford is running on the One Nation ticket for Gippsland.
Morwell hears from Miss America on nuclear

2 months ago | antinuclear.net | Liam Durkin |Christina MacPherson

Morwell hears from Miss America on nuclear Intriguing coverage of the Miss America pro-nuclear blitz…. Questions from the floor were not permitted……. Security was tight for the event……… the selected few who did not entirely agree with what was being said quietly walked out.