News
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Noisy mynas are in the gun
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Casey Council officers have been urged to remove or eliminate a noisy flock of Indian myna birds nesting in a nature-strip tree…
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Duster busts the deadline
By Cam Lucadou-Wells An accused dust polluter in Hallam faces a possible fine after missing its first reporting deadline to the state environment watchdog. Folino…
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Their world’s a stage
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Seventy singers, some as young as four and some a little more seasoned, have taken the stage for Star Search For a…
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School plan is ‘rotten fruit’
By Cam Lucadou-Wells A Casey councillor has described the Building Respectful Relationships curriculum in Victorian schools as fostering “paedophilic sexualisation” of children under the guise…
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Firm ‘no’ to more pokies
By Cam Lucadou-Wells A reformed problem-gambler has urged others to join him in a campaign against an application by Zagame’s Berwick Springs Hotel for 10…
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All creatures great and small
Enterprising students attracted a crowd of all creatures great and small, including a mob of dogs and horses, for an RSPCA fund-raiser at Narre Warren.…
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A Bunjil Christmas
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Casey councillors have voted for the “return” of Christmas, with an overt display of Christianity to adorn its soon-to-open headquarters at Bunjil…
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Fighting cruel disease
By Cam Lucadou-Wells A tireless Berwick campaigner is fighting for a government subsidy for a life-saving treatment for the cruel disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).…
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Red Cross needs fresh blood
By Cam Lucadou-Wells Narre Warren North’s Red Cross branch is calling for an injection of youth into its ranks. The 78-year-old branch carries a vital…
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Quitting boosts mental health
By Cam Lucadou-Wells A Victorian-first program to help people kick their cigarette habit is being held at a Narre Warren community mental health centre. EACH…
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Prized innovations for clean planet
You think self-driving cars are ingenious? Try the ideas of Narre Warren North Primary School students, who have drawn plans for vehicles that clean the…
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Holly on national healing
Berwick College students turned their minds to national reconciliation on 1 June. During the National Reconciliation Week, student Holly – one of 27 Indigenous students…