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Wheelie bin off overpass leaves driver shattered
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
A DRIVER was lucky to escape uninjured after a wheelie bin was flung from the Pakenham overpass hitting the vehicle and shattering...
Police kept busy over Easter
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
SPEEDING, and drug and alcohol influenced drivers were rampant on Cardinia roads this Easter.
Within two hours Cardinia Highway Patrol members impounded...
Mum’s memories live on
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
MEMORIES of a Pakenham mum who was claimed by cancer less than a year ago will encourage her 17-year-old daughter and friends...
Waiting doom
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
AGGRESSIVE psychosis patients forced to wait side by side with the general public in an outer south-east hospital emergency department endanger the...
Did fire-bomb spark security push?
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
SECURITY at Pakenham police station has been ramped up, with security shutters installed at the complex’s front counter less than a week...
CFA cops a mouthful
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
EMERGENCY rescuers working to free sometimes critically injured drivers from car wrecks or safeguard roads to avoid possible further tragedy are being...
State cash for LGBTI
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
LESBIAN, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) communities and organisations working to integrate people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Bass...
Learning goes old-school
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
REMEMBER the days of the old schoolyard?
Beaconhills College students do, after their annual ‘Olden Days’ dress-up day at the Pakenham Junior School...
Young child sex charges
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
AN EMERALD man who pleaded guilty to more than a dozen child sex charges, including multiple counts of penetration of a 14-year-old,...
Pets find home, love
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
HERMAN the dog was looking for a home and he found one.
The adorable pooch was one of 30 puppies and dogs that...
$100,000 for track upgrade
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
AN ATHLETIC track in Cockatoo will be upgraded as part of a State Government grant.
Daniel Mulino MP for Eastern Victoria announced a...
Roses in full bloom
PAKENHAM residents can look forward to thousands of roses being in bloom, thanks to local not-for-profit Outlook.
Pakenham-based Outlook, which provides support services for people...
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Lacklusture budget revealed
The government’s 2024-25 State Budget was released yesterday in what was expected to be a ‘horror’ budget.
Here’s an outline of what Cardinia can expect-
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