Get the latest news to your email inbox FREE!

REGISTER

Get the latest news to your email inbox FREE!

REGISTER
Home News Page 1531

News

Rotary gets the deal done

THE Rotary Club of Pakenham has played its part in brokering a deal which will see $2.5 million go to medical research. A member of...

Four line up for Nats seat

THE NATIONALS have endorsed four candidates to stand for pre-selection as the State Upper House Member for Eastern Region. The endorsed candidates, Kate Lancaster, Tim...

High school camp initiation

EIGHTY Year 7 students from St Francis Xavier College went on their annual three-day camp to Allambee, from 2 to 4 March where they...

Brigades pumped up

By BEN CAMERON A MORE relaxed approach from the Drouin and Bunyip fire brigades has helped it claim not only two event first...

A sign of the times

By ANEEKA SIMONIS THE black marker has come in handy for a signage correction out the front of the Pakenham Gazette’s office. It appears...

Hecklers had a cackle

PUBLIC speaking can be fraught with danger - and hecklers are among the worst. When helping to open the new Anzac Walk at Emerald last...

Creating more local jobs

By LIA SPENCER AND ANEEKA SIMONIS ALMOST 70 per cent of residents in Casey and Cardinia work elsewhere, but a local politician is...

Club to get new home under land plan

By BEN CAMERON EMERALD Netball Club will have a new $3.2 million home at Pepi’s Land after Cardinia Shire Council greenlit a masterplan...

He’s a fine old Chappie

Chappie (MA) Starring: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman NEILL Blomkamp, you magnificent so and so. The wunderkind South African director has again presented a dazzling vision...

Xmas decorations delayed

By BEN CAMERON CARDINIA Shire Council has deferred a decision on potentially spending $200,000 on Christmas decorations across the shire. It follows a petition...

By the numbers

IT’S been billed as the cheekiest bingo you’ll ever go to and guaranteed to send you home smiling. Kooweerup Scout Group will hold a...

Drivers are now walkers

By ANEEKA SIMONIS TWO drink drivers were apprehended by police in a recent traffic safety operation. Police caught a male and female driving over...

Rates cap set at 2.75%

Council rates will be capped at 2.75 per cent for the coming year by the State Government, in line with the Essential Services Commission...