Australia: Latrobe Valley residents denounce corporate onslaught By our correspondents 21 January 2017 Workers in the Latrobe Valley, about 150 kilometres east of Melbourne, the Victorian state capital, are a confronting major assault on their jobs and working conditions in the power, mining and paper industries. WSWS reporters spoke to local residents last week … Continue reading Australia: Latrobe Valley residents denounce corporate onslaught