Guns found in car
A MAN has been arrested in Clyde North overnight after police allegedly found guns, ammunition and a baton in his car.
The Pakenham man was...
Stolen from storage yard
POLICE are investigating the theft of a boat and trailer from a storage yard in Pakenham, discovered last week.
The owner of the boat...
Third murder charge over Bayles death
A 45-year-old Pakenham man has been charged over the death of Raymond Parker in Bayles in January.
Garren Philp faces one count of murder and...
Illegal dumpers trash it again
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
BARELY weeks after council cleared up an unslightly illegal dump site in Pakenham, illegal dumpers have returned to the site to pile...
Childcare set to close
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
IMMINENT plans to close an Officer childcare centre have thrown parents into a tailspin - with some desperately pleading with the operator...
Civic reception for Governor
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
CARDINIA Shire Council’s new headquarters was officially opened by the Governor of Victoria last week who remarked that space was needed to...
Second man charged over Bayles death
A SECOND man has been charged with murder of Bayles man Raymond Parker in January.
Matong man Daniel O’Donnel, 49, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court...
Opening ends on sour note
By BEN CAMERON
THE BEHAVIOUR of local dignitaries at the official opening of Cardinia Shire’s new headquarters in Officer was appalling, an angry attendee has...
100 roos spared
By BEN CAMERON
ABOUT 100 kangaroos have been saved from a potential cull at the Bayles Fauna Park.
Last week the park’s committee of management president...
Safe-house for ice addicts
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A DROUIN group tackling ice addiction has secured a safe-house designed to expand their rehabilitation efforts.
The Ice Meltdown Project, led by Janice...
Labour of roo love
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
WHEN a kangaroo is injured or beyond rescue, local councils and Wildlife Victoria count on volunteers to save or euthanase the animal...
Green light to treat doctor shortage
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
EMERALD’s long-standing doctor scarcity will be overhauled following a nationwide update to doctor shortage classifications.
Emerald Medical Centre and the Mandala Clinic have...
Liberal HQ intervened against ex-Pakenham candidate, insiders reveal as preselection looms
Hostilities continue in the Liberal Party’s current preselection battle for the seat of Pakenham, with party insiders revealing that the Liberal Party state headquarters...
