Angela puts foot down on ‘beast’ of a disease
By DANI ROTHWELL
ANGELA Sykes knows Motor Neurone Disease (MND) on a personal level.
The Pakenham woman’s father, Harvey Sykes, was diagnosed with MND in 2012.
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Allegations get silent treatment
By DANNY BUTTLER
RUSSELL Broadbent has offered a flat “no comment" after being named in a Four Corners/Fairfax report on alleged connections between the Liberal...
Freeway duplication
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A BOLD proposal to add extra lanes to the Monash Freeway could offer motorists relief from their daily gridlock grind.
La Trobe MP...
Council lays down chook law
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
CHOOK and bird owners will need to apply for a permit to keep more than five poultry or large birds on a...
Burglary, theft on the decline
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
BURGLARY, break and enter and property damage offences recorded in Cardinia Shire are at a five-year low, according to recently released crime...
Breaking their silence
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
SEXUAL offences and abductions rates across Cardinia Shire have escalated in the past 12 months, according to police statistics.
From April 2014 until...
Train pain has its cost
By DANI ROTHWELL
TRAVELLING by train to Southern Cross from Ballarat takes less time than coming the much shorter distance from Pakenham.
Under the recent changes...
Hunt stunt turns political
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
THE disgruntled Shooters and Fishers Party has La Trobe MP Jason Wood in their sights over his ongoing campaign to end the...
Rotary brings out its best
By GARRY HOWE
A PAST and present president of the Pakenham RSL and three Trojans of Inner Wheel were honoured at Tuesday night’s Rotary Club...
Monash traffic chaos – both ways
By Aneeka Simonis
MOTORISTS on the Monash Freeway battled multiple lane closures this morning as the road was thrown into traffic chaos.
From 5am, all outbound...
Whoa! Nellie’s run-in with Itchy the Rat
GENELLE Bevan from Immerse Photography in Berwick is the subject of this week's Gazette Take 10.
When asked to provide something that most people would...
Man dies in workplace accident
A 32-year-old man died this afternoon in a workplace accident in Pakenham.
Pakenham police confirmed that a large item was being moved from the back...
2025 In Review – Giants lead cream of the WGFNC crop
The challenge confronting Nar Nar Goon in Saturday’s West Gippsland A Grade grand final becomes abundantly clear when dissecting the 2025 Team of the...
