News
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Casey’s Spring into Summer initiative
This November, as the weather warms up and the flowers bloom, the City of Casey is bringing an array of spring and summer activities right…
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Police monitor 45 young burglars and ‘influencers’
In the wake of a series of “truly horrible” recent agg burgs, Victoria Police has anounced it’s monitoring a list of 45 young chronic burglars…
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Halloween feature: Welcome to Lanah’s Spooky Manor
Driving along Collison Road in Cranbourne East, everything looks typically quiet: long stretches of paddocks, horses grazing behind fences, and neat semi-rural homes. But then,…
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Mina’s extraordinary feat
Since her arrival from Iran in 2003 with her two children and husband, Mina Bolandhemati has accumulated nearly a handful of degrees. And on Wednesday…
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Letter-to-the-editor: It’s about process, not prejudice – why Berwick Springs residents want to be consulted
In response to the opinion piece “Forget Guru Nanak Lake – let’s name a suburb Nanakville instead” (Jamel Kaur Singh and Dya Singh, Star News,…
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Letter-to-the-editor: Lake renaming sparks divisons
There is no such place as Berwick Springs. It has never been gazetted and is, in reality, Narre Warren South. Everyone knows Berwick Springs though,…
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‘What are you watching?’: New campaign targets child-abuse material
A new campaign delivers a blunt warning to viewers of child abuse material (CAM) – you stand to lose everything. The ‘What Are You Watching’…
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Stuck truckie unwarned of level-crossing’s gradient: Coroner
A State Coroner has called for an urgent installation of warning signs at a level-crossing blackspot where a Dandenong South-based truckie was killed in late…
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Casey Council pushes for fast-tracked signal upgrade
Casey councillors unanimously backed an urgent motion calling for the government to fast-track approval for signal changes at the notorious intersection of Pattersons and Tuckers…
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Relay for Life spirit shines
The 2025 Relay for Life went ahead in high spirits despite the rain, bringing together hundreds of participants who helped raise more than $121,000 for…
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Pigeon Club at risk
Cranbourne Pigeon Racing Club has taken a financial hit by the State’s new Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund (ESVF) levy and the club’s managers are…
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Family violence: women lack supports
Monash University research has backed a Wellsprings For Women report into the systemic challenges for refugee and migrant women experiencing family violence. Lack of cultural…












