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Police training comes out of the dark ages
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
FORMER domestic violence training practices within the police force were “atrocious”, according to a senior Pakenham officer who said he only spent...
Kasey’s conversion therapy
Kasey Chambers
Hallam Hotel
3 December
I WALKED into Kasey Chambers’ gig at the Hallam Hotel as an observer - and left a fully-fledged fan.
Gippsland’s Harry Hookey...
Eye on seedy Melbourne
Good Money
By J.M. Green
GOOD Money’s protagonist is Stella Hardy, a middle-aged social worker partial to a bit of cynicism and whisky.
Good Money sees...
Power of Lego unleashed
By LIA SPENCER
IT WAS during Christmas last year when Berwick woman Bindy Cammell realised the power of Lego.
Her son Corey had enjoyed playing with...
Supergirl fails the sisterhood
Supergirl
Fox8, Sunday, 8.30pm
NOW I like superheroes as much as the next woman (OK, given I’m sitting here wearing a Thor T-shirt - probably more)...
Foundation seeks new directors
THE Casey Cardinia Foundation is looking for two new directors to join its board.
The Casey Cardinia Foundation is a philanthropic community foundation - its...
Recipe for aged care residents
By ROMAN KULKEWYCZ
ALL proceeds from a cookbook produced by Hillview Bunyip Aged Care will be used to purchase iPads and other items for music...
PSOs on slow track to safety
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A SENIOR police plan for Protective Services Officers (PSO) to be deployed to dozens of metropolitan stations is well behind schedule, with...
Fiat makes the crossover
By EWAN KENNEDY
Fiat has expanded its popular 500 range with the introduction of a crossover SUV called the 500X.
The ‘X’ sort of stands...
Christmas and a special guest
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
IT’S beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Kooweerup, with their annual Christmas carols event just around the corner.
From 5pm...
No longer among the missing
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A 12-YEAR-OLD boy missing for more than two weeks was recently located by police in Pakenham.
Police issued a desperate plea to locate...
Madden’s Cross challenge
By KATHRYN BERMINGHAM
A BERWICK author is preparing to travel the world, profiling the 100 Australian recipients of the Victoria Cross as part of a...
Emerging forward drafted
Dingley star and former Casey VFL-listed high-leaping forward Caleb Lewis was drafted to Gold Coast with pick 14 at Wednesday night’s Mid-Season Rookie Draft....
