Parties’ firey test
By Nicole WilliamsBEACONSFIELD firefighters are celebrating after the Brumby Government pledged $7.4 million to build a new CFA station if re-elected in the coming...
Streets in the throes of violence
By Jade LawtonTHE tragic death of Pakenham teen Cameron Lowe this week caused many to question whether violence had become a problem on our...
Our mean streets
In the wake of Cameron Lowe’s tragic death, a Pakenham mother has told of her concern about increasing violence on the town’s streets.
The...
Gift of life
By Jade Lawton and Danny Buttler
THE tragic death of Pakenham teen Cameron Lowe has saved the lives of at least five others.
His family...
Hoof in for hook comp
THE Pakenham Show Society will hold its annual Hoof and Hook competition on 4 December at the Victorian Livestock Exchange, Pakenham.
Show president Gavan Bourke...
Parking pledge
GEMBROOK MP Tammy Lobato has announced $1.3 million to increase car parking at Beaconsfield Railway Station if the Brumby Labor Government is re-elected on...
Labor’s on fire for Bunyip
LABOR'S candidate for Bass, Gerry Lonergan, has promised to build a new CFA station in Bunyip if elected on 27 November.
Mr Lonergan also...
Murder she wrote – in Grade 6
By Nicole WilliamsParis Barrie-Moore took a liking to Shakespeare and has now also read The Tempest.
But Macbeth is her favourite Shakespeare play –...
Sellers get back into the race
AFTER the holiday-affected market the previous week at VLE Pakenham, supply returned to normal with 510 more cattle penned.
But this is still under...
Drawn by the lights
Mal Function –Kooweerup can still report, no movement at the station.
But of late there’s been some action at another prime location…
It’s triggered much...
Seniors lives in print
By Emma SunYEAR 12 VCAL students at Kooweerup Secondary College presented some local senior citizens with a biography of their lives.
The students did the...
I’m alarmed
FORMER Prime Minister John Howard said 'Be alert, not alarmed'.
However since reading that as many as 20 per cent of voters may vote Greens...
Images of 2025
Star Journal photographers cast their eyes over the events that united and disturbed us during 2025. Here is a celebration of the year that...
