Billions on hot property
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
PROPERTY owners spent more than $1 billion snapping up houses and land in Cardinia Shire in the past year, according to the...
$23m lost on pokies
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
SOME $23 million has been gambled away on poker machines across Cardinia Shire in the last 12 months.
According to the Victorian Commission...
Strong to the finish, with Bunyip spinach
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
FORTY new jobs and high-quality produce will ensure the Bunyip community reap the rewards of a revolutionary new hydroponic growing facility in...
Small-town residents find their happy place
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
PEOPLE living in small towns are significantly happier than those living in the big smoke, according to the University of Melbourne’s recent...
Friends and family lay beautiful soul to rest
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
A COMMUNITY in mourning gathered in their hundreds this afternoon to farewell a girl who was described by friends as a “beautiful...
NBN ‘too little, too late’
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
A LOCAL IT technician has hit out at the Federal Government’s vague timeline for the rollout of the NBN within La Trobe...
Family’s ice nightmare
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A NARRE Warren family forced to sleep behind locked doors shared the tragic unravelling of their youngest daughter at a recent community...
High-risk offender behind bars
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A PAKENHAM man assessed as a “high-risk” offender and found possessing two sawn-off rifles has been jailed for nine months.
A court was...
Moving farewells
By ANEEKA SIMONIS AND KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
MOURNERS in their hundreds gathered this week to farewell two of the teens killed in a tragic Avonsleigh car...
Cardinia puts reconciliation in action
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
THE Cardinia Shire launched its first Reconciliation Action Plan at a special NAIDOC Week celebration last Friday night.
Guests to the event viewed...
Olympic fever in town
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
MORE than 400 athletes gathered in Pakenham over the weekend for the Victorian Special Olympic Games.
The games are held twice a year...
Guide for dairy up-skilling
GIPPSLAND’S dairy industry has three key organisations servicing farm capability development.
Determining who provides what services in the region has been a challenge up until...
Bowls action heats up
Finals fever has hit the greens around the region as the season approaches the pointy end. On the eve of finals, here are some...
