Youngster a Paul Harris fellow
By CASEY NEILL
A PAKENHAM teen upstaged his dad - the incoming club president - at last night’s Rotary Club of Berwick changeover dinner.
Outgoing president...
Brutal attack on security guard
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A FORMER Kooweerup man with intellectual disabilities was one of three assailants sentenced over a brutal, unprovoked attack on a shopping centre...
School staffer charged with indecent assaults
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A PUBLIC school staffer from Officer has been charged with a number of alleged indecent assaults at a south-eastern primary school.
On Thursday...
Shooters ‘sabre-rattle’ to dislodge Wood
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
DESPITE being the target of the Shooters and Fishers Party’s recent political attack, MP Jason Wood is likely to dodge the bullet...
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.
Up...
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...














