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Monthly Archives: May 2015

MYHACK- my foot: Curtis

By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM LABOR candidate for La Trobe Simon Curtis has labelled Jason Wood’s plan to deter at-risk young people from turning to extremism as...

Dreamtime for Nilma Darnum

By RUSSELL BENNETT ELLINBANK and District Football League side Nilma Darnum has taken the initiative and followed in the footsteps of the Richmond and Essendon...

Preventive family violence stalled in its tracks

By ANEEKA SIMONIS A MALE-LED family violence prevention campaign helping tackle the growing issue of domestic abuse is under threat as the state...

Veteran creates history

By DAVID NAGEL VETERAN Cranbourne trainer Ray Besanko created history on Tuesday 26 May, when his three-year-old chestnut gelding Well Kept won the first race...

School of hard knocks

By JARROD POTTER IT WAS meant to be a battle of the top sides, but in the end Pakenham United delivered a strict lesson to...

Two jailed over teen rape

TWO men have been jailed over the 2009 multiple rape of a 14-year-old girl in Hallam. The Age has reported that the Pakenham man and...

Who’s a pretty girly girl?

By LIA SPENCER Isla’s turned into a real ‘girly girl’ as of late. Whenever the opportunity presents itself, she will go through my...

Join to fight ignorance

The Abbott government will commit another $450 million dollars to fight radicalisation, we read. We need to know what it is we are fighting....

Joy in life after draining depression

By LIA SPENCER MOTHER of four Katie Lithgow gets a lot of love from her young brood, but for several years the Pakenham...

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

Thumbs Down To Treasurer Joe Hockey while talking about his Budget for saying too much. He said: “Petrol is the cheapest it’s been in a...

Restraints — no top marks

By DANNY BUTTLER NEW Child Restraint Evaluation Program (CREP) ratings released today show that of six tested child restraints, not one achieved a...

Players net new nets

By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM A GROUP of passionate table tennis players has recently received new nets courtesy of Cardinia Shire Council. Mayor Letitia Wilmot and...

Cannons deliver big results

Casey Cannons Hockey Club had another successful weekend with plenty of strong wins across the board. The Women’s Vic League (WVL1) side travelled to Keilor...