Liam Durkin

2 months 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.

2 months 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.

2 months 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.

Mar 3, 2025 | 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.

Mar 3, 2025 | 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.