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Wida wants to inspire change
Wida Tausif would rather forget her schoolyard memories. “I was labelled a terrorist, there were days I’d get eggs and tomatoes thrown at me…I would…
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Women’s education rights triumph
She may only be 11 years old, but St Margaret’s Berwick grammar student Kate is proof that gender equality activism is making its mark on…
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Industry honour for Star chief
Star News Group owner and managing director Paul Thomas has been made a life member of both the Victorian Country Press Association and Country Press…
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Q and A with Akoonah Park Men’s Shed member and children’s author Paul Dekmetzian
Tell us a fun fact about yourself! Poppy the Cavoodle sits at the laptop with me when I am working. Have to stop her licking…
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$9 million boost for James Cook Primary School
The ALP has pledged an ambitious investment into facilities at a primary school in Endeavour Hills, as crunch time looms for candidates in the 2022…
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Vote below-line reminder: VEC
Voters were issued an official reminder that they could control their Upper House preferences by voting below the line. The Victorian Electoral Commission issued a…
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Fifty years for popular local couple
Thursday 10 November was a special day on the calendar for David and Norrie Cook, who celebrated 50 years of marriage. The couple tied the…
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What’s on
Tooradin Craft Bazaar Amazing array of donated crafts and gifts are arriving daily and a huge display of wonderful items, all donated, will fill the…
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Garry’s Greaves grass gripe
A “sea of three-foot-high grass” in Narre Warren South has forced Gary Ellis to take maintenance outside his home into his own hands after being…
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Akoonah Park pulls early voters
“I’d rather stick with the devil I know than the one that I don’t,” said Narre Warren resident Meredith Dale as she stood outside a…
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Prohibited person charged over loaded shotgun
A Clyde North man has been charged with possessing a loaded shotgun and ammunition in breach of a Firearm Prohibition Order. Police were called to…
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Pokies king faces 62 charges
A pokies operator is facing 62 charges of allegedly operating machines without mandatory pre-commitment technology. After a tip-off in December 2021, Victorian Gambling and Casino…