Morwell, Australia News

A petition calling on the Federal Government to abandon its funding pledge for a new Latrobe Valley power station will be tabled in Federal Parliament today.

With lights flashing and siren blaring, the divisional van reached speeds of 150km/h trying to catch a fleeing driver, but he just kept going.

Superintendent Geoff Newby has been awarded an Australian Police Medal for achieving cultural change and improving work standards in the Gippsland police force.

TWO men were killed and a woman was seriously injured in a fiery accident outside Morwell yesterday that renewed debate about police chases.

Police say a car involved in a crash that killed two men in Victoria's south-east had been chased by police moments before the crash.

Two drivers have died in a two-car crash in country Victoria, after one of the cars involved was pursued by police.