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Byrne in right headspace
Holt MP Anthony Byrne joined a celebration of headspace services in Narre Warren recently. The event marked headspace Day – a national day that aims…
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They can do anything
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Nossal High students have lifted a statewide schools award from the scrapheap, so to speak. A student group Nossal Environmental Sustainability Team…
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Bollards for Bunjil
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Surrounding roads will be closed while security bollards are installed around Casey Council’s new civic-arts headquarters in Narre Warren. Magid Drive will…
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Colour car will go far
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Just the thought of driving his artfully-painted car makes Berwick artist Sohail Yamin nervous. He refuses to drive the ‘SalamMobile’ – it…
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Was it blackmail?
By Cam Lucadou-Wells A Doveton man, twice jailed for family violence, has been granted bail on appeal after claiming he was being blackmailed by the…
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190 in 70 zone
A 21-year-old man has allegedly been clocked at nearly three times the speed limit on Princes Highway, Berwick. The Dandenong North man in a white…
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Man is critical
A man has been found with life-threatening injuries near a shopping centre in Berwick. Passersby found the man with serious head injuries lying on the…
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They’ll spin you a yarn
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Six of Casey’s elders reveal the extraordinariness of their lives in a one-off performance, Tale Tellers, at Bunjil Place. The ‘tale tellers’…
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Casey’s pokies fightback
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Casey Council has called for a review of gambling regulations after Zagame’s Berwick Springs Hotel won approval for 10 extra poker machines.…
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One-way screws fix
By Cam Lucadou-Wells About 100 number plates were secured with one-way screws during an Operation Safe Plates event at Casey Central shopping centre. Volunteers from…
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Jail term for bogus kidnapping plot
By Cam Lucadou-Wells A man has pretended to have been kidnapped and tortured in an elaborate plot against his business partner, Dandenong Magistrates’ Court has…
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State finalist for school’s Koorie plan
Berwick College has been shortlisted in two categories in this year’s Victorian Education Excellence Awards. The college is among the top-three finalists for Outstanding Koorie…