News
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Anzac crowds soldier on
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Vandals and bracing weather couldn’t dampen the turnout for Hampton Park’s Anzac Day dawn service on 25 April. In the lead-up, vandals…
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Apex axed, not dead, says Wood
By Cam Lucadou-Wells La Trobe MP Jason Wood has maintained his rage against “gangs” of South Sudanese and Pacific Islander youths, despite police “breaking the…
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Drink driver causes midnight chaos
By Victoria Stone-Meadows A drunken P-plate driver caused chaos in Berwick on Sunday 23 April when he crashed his car on Centre Road. Police believe…
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Rain greets the day
By Bonny Burrows Under the pitter-patter of constant rain, the Berwick community huddled around the town’s cenotaph. Residents, war veterans, politicians and students all came…
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Injection of commonsense
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Australian Sex Party leader Fiona Patten has declared Cranbourne was never a part of her proposed trial of medically-supervised safe-injecting rooms in…
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Peulich in the fight of her life
By Cam Lucadou-Wells South-Eastern Metropolitan Region MP Inga Peulich is in a fight for her political life, with a four-way contest to keep her prized…
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Tony’s ride one of a kind
By Cam Lucadou-Wells It’s no exaggeration to say Tony Burrage’s unique open-air racer, the Rennmax 23B is a one-of-a-kind. The stylish 52-year-old vehicle built by…
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Young and old honour fallen
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Side by side, veterans and Fountain Gate Secondary College students paid their respects to Australia’s fallen servicepeople at an Anzac Day ceremony…
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Diamond love has gone places
By Cam Lucadou-Wells For Berwick husband and wife Bob and Jean Halley-Frame, it started with a blind date to the local “picture theatre” in England.…
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Quarter million to be claimed
By Cam Lucadou-Wells An unknown Fountain Gate shopper is among five Victorians to win a $270,000-plus TattsLotto first-division prize on 22 April. The unregistered ticket-holder,…
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‘Fly high little Brax’
By Cam Lucadou-Wells An outpouring of sympathy has been sent to a Narre Warren South family of a four-year-old boy fatally hit by a four-wheel…
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Salon staff take a hair cut
By Cam Lucadou-Wells A hairdressing chain with a salon in Fountain Gate has underpaid staff across Melbourne an estimated $288,000, according to the Fair Work…