Danger behind the P-plates
HERE’s an important message for young drivers and their families: kids are 30 times more likely to crash when they start driving on their...
Triplets are a rare treat
By BEN CAMERON
AN unplanned pregnancy became three times more surprising when an Upper Beaconsfield Hereford produced triplets last month.
Named by Sally Budge’s...
Wick has a short fuse
John Wick (MA)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Willem Dafoe
IT’S the action flick that starts out like a country and western song.
John Wick’s wife is dead and...
Tragedy of predestined failure
Predestination (M)
Starring: Ethan Hawke
IT’s a science fiction film about a gender-bending time cop.
And it’s a symptom of everything that’s both right and wrong about...
Kinder, gentler satire still packs a punch
Mad as Hell
Wednesday 8pm
ABC1
DESPITE what you may have seen on Talkin’ ’Bout Your Generation and Mr and Mrs Murder, Shaun Micallef is the funniest...
Ramages enjoy family reunion
By SCOTT HAMILTON
THE Toomuc Hall was an idyllic venue to host the recent Ramage Family Reunion.
The Ramage name is well known within...
Outlook’s good books
By BEN CAMERON
OUTLOOK is well-placed to address economic challenges, posting a $700,000 surplus in a record-breaking last financial year.
At the disability support...
Homes aplenty in Officer
By BEN CAMERON
AROUND 1740 new homes will emerge in Officer in coming years after a major property company purchased 127 hectares of...
Don’t forget parking
IN RESPONSE to your front page story (Gazette, 29 October) I would like to raise the point that since Pakenham Market Place has been...
Kidnapping charges laid
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
POLICE have charged two men with the alleged kidnapping of a Pakenham man last week.
Police believe the 23-year-old man was...
Hats off to mayor for crowning event
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
CARDINIA Shire mayor Graeme Moore is a hatful of laughs ahead of his end of term event this Friday.
Cr...
Quarry plan queried
By BEN CAMERON
BUNYIP NORTH residents are still waiting for building industry manufacturer Hanson to produce its development plan for a potential quarry...
Opposition inquiry call rejected after peak-hour train disruption
The State Opposition has called for a formal inquiry into Tuesday 3 February rail network disruption, where peak-hour disruption left thousands of Cranbourne and...
