News
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Perinatal support expands
While Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia (PANDA) has experienced a 50 per cent increase in calls to its national hotline over the past year, the…
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Fast, unroadworthy, impounded
A car allegedly travelling at 174 km/h on Thompsons Road, Lyndhurst has been impounded. Somerville Highway Patrol officers intercepted the black Ford Falcon in the…
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VCAT rejects planning permit
City of Casey Council’s refusal of a proposed dwelling in Hallam on neighbourhood character grounds has been backed by the state’s planning tribunal. Council rejected…
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Appeal supports our veterans
The RSL Poppy Appeal ran in conjunction with Remembrance Day on Thursday 11 November to help raise vital funds to support the welfare of Australian…
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Berwick commemorates Remembrance Day
The nation paused on Thursday 11 November to mark the 103rd anniversary of the signing of The Armistice at 11am. A Remembrance Day service was…
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‘Charity’ job for Somyurek staff
A staff member for MP Adem Somyurek has alleged he didn’t have to do “electorate officer work” during up to seven casual shifts in the…
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Staff paid for ‘doing own work’
An electorate officer for South-Eastern Metro MP Adem Somyurek didn’t even log into his computer while being paid for purportedly working at home for five…
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‘I lost all perspective’: Somyurek
Fomer ALP powerbroker Adem Somyurek admitted at an IBAC inquiry to losing “all perspective” during the reignition of a factional war in the South East.…
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Fountain Gate theft
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a theft from motor vehicle at Fountain Gate Shopping Centre at around 11:30am on Wednesday 13 October. Investigators have…
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Get your hearing checked before Christmas
As the festive season approaches and the prospect of reuniting with family members becomes a real possibility, audiology professionals are concerned that some Berwick locals…
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Three arrested in extortion investigation
Three men from Melbourne’s south eastern suburbs have been charged by police as part of an investigation into an alleged extortion linked to the Comanchero…
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’Toxic’ faction feud reignited
Former ALP powerbroker Adem Somyurek says he and Premier Daniel Andrews initiated a 2002 peace deal to end the party’s branch-stacking war in the south…