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Council’s cosier meeting
Casey Council’s newly appointed interim administrator Noelene Duff has chaired her first public meeting following the dramatic sacking of councillors. Ms Duff led a new-look…
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SWCRAG run by ’lobbyist’
Save Cranbourne West Residents Action Group leader Ray Walker said he didn’t declare to his members all of the paid work he did for property…
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’We work together’: Pallas tells Woodman planner
Treasurer Tim Pallas and Premier Daniel Andrews’s familiarity with property developers has been revealed in an explosive tapped phone call at an IBAC Operation Sandon…
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Planning Minister’s rebuff
An “angered” Planning Minister Richard Wynne “cut off” a planning counsultant’s approach to him, telling people to “keep that girl away from me”, IBAC has…
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SCWRAG led by Woodman ’lobbyist’
The president of Save Cranbourne West Residents Action Group was being allegedly paid as a “lobbyist” for property developer John Woodman. Ray Walker and wife…
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Needles found at park
Jake Styles was walking his dog at a reserve in Narre Warren when he stumbled across a handful of needles not far from a playground.…
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Teen stabbed in riot
A teenager has been stabbed following an out-of-control party that spilled onto the streets of a Clyde North estate on Sunday morning, 23 February. The…
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’Platinum’ acess to Cabinet
A planning consultant has told IBAC of meeting Premier Daniel Andrews and other State Cabinet members as part of a lobbying strategy. Megan Schutz described…
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Councillors ’fought’ for rival developers
Casey councillors sided with rival developers and “private commercial interests” during a showdown over a road project in Cranbourne West, IBAC has been told. Planning…
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Wolfdene’s $1m gift to Stapledon pet project
A charity linked to property developer John Woodman provided $1 million-plus to a disability service attended by Casey ex-councillor Amanda Stapledon’s son, IBAC has heard.…
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Afghan soccer students meet national star
Migrant soccer students in Casey were given a rare opportunity when they got to meet an Afghan national player for the first time in Narre…
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Three nabbed in alleged stolen car
A Cranbourne north man and a Narre Warren teenager have been charged after being found in an alleged stolen vehicle in Dandenong. Police initially observed…