News
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Rewards set all eyes on taggers
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD GRAFFITI vandals will soon be looking over their shoulders after the State Government this week launched a campaign calling on Casey’s youth…
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Hope for addiction support
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A CASEY-based medical clinic, which runs programs specifically aimed at helping people whose loved ones suffer from drug and alcohol addiction, is…
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Heads-up for Headspace
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD THERE is no guarantee that a Headspace facility at Fountain Gate will be rolled out by the end of the year after…
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Baton change for top cop
By BRIDGET COOK CASEY has a new top cop who has tackling family violence, youth related problems and volume crime in his sight. Paul Breen…
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Suicide barriers
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD CASEY schools have succeeded in a campaign to have suicide prevention barriers erected between Berwick and Hallam train stations. Rail service Metro…
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Passion is more than skin deep
By BRIDGET COOK THE members of Tama Tatau are connected by two things – their traditional tattoo and a passion for Samoan dance. Those two…
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Vision goes beyond drugs
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD HER son would never use drugs. This was what Veronique, who is Catholic, used to tell herself two years ago when friends…
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Drug offences spiral
By BRIDGET COOK A HUGE spike in drug-related offences and theft from cars have contributed to a 7.7 per cent increase in crime in Casey.…
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Cousin killed in faith feud
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD WAHEED Ahmad Chatha remembers growing up with his older cousin Mehdi Ali Qamar when the two Ahmadiyya Muslims lived in Pakistan together,…
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Sister keeps memories alive
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A 30 SECOND phone conversation was all it took for her world to change. It was a February afternoon last year when…
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Bail after court hears of $100 million fraud
A NARRE Warren man and Lysterfield man appeared in court last week as part of an ongoing investigation into a $100 million fraud. William Jordanou,…
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Stolen card pair hunted
POLICE have obtained CCTV images of man and woman they’d like to speak to in relation to a car break-in and use of a stolen…