News
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Heartbreak for South East home-builds
South East families in the middle of their dream home-builds are reeling after the collapse of one of Australia’s largest home builders, Porter Davis. Grant…
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Housing costs pressurise
Support services are seeing an alarming increase in number of people needing financial counselling for mortgage stress. South East Community Links (SECL) chief executive Peter…
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Theatre’s ‘predatory’ couple jailed
A musical-theatre couple who fantasised about inflicting violent, sadistic and “seriously depraved” abuse of children known to them have been jailed. Musical director and teacher…
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Akoonah Park embraces Easter
Berwick locals braved the wintry elements on Friday evening, 31 March, to welcome the Easter season at Akoonah Park’s Easter Night Market. Winter coats on…
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Operation Nexus targets Easter holiday hotspots
Victoria Police is warning motorists to take extra care on the roads this Easter with three fatal collisions already recorded in first three days of…
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SECL’s vulnerable signs
A South East support agency has warned of ‘canaries in the coal mine’ that show a crushing cost-of-living crisis for many vulnerable households. With residents…
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Exit ramp smash causes road-user headache
Inbound traffic was crawling on the Monash Freeway on Monday morning, 3 April, due to a collision at the Clyde Road exit ramp. It is…
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Major home builder Porter Davis goes into liquidation
One of Australia’s largest home builders Porter Davis has collapsed and construction firm Lloyd Group has gone into voluntary administration in a hit to the…
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Teens charged over alleged armed carjacking
Two teens have been charged over an alleged aggravated carjacking of a 54-year-old shopper at a Narre Warren shopping centre. The 15-year-old Doveton boy and…
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Deadline looms for feedback on Clyde Road Upgrade
Major Road Projects Victoria (MRPV) is seeking feedback from residents and local businesses to inform design and planning investigations for the upgrade of Clyde Road…
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Take time to check alarms
The CFA have urged residents to use the change of Daylight Savings as a chance to check their smoke alarms. “As you prepare to change…
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Rising homelessness
Homelessness in Victoria is at alarming levels. New data shows homelessness is 24 per cent higher in Victoria than five years ago. In Casey, homelessness…












