The chips are down
Cheap As Chips has officially opened in Pakenham.
The discount variety store had its first day of business on 30 March and celebrated with a...
Vision for Pakenham
By Bonny Burrows
Cardinia Shire Council has updated its 20-year vision for Pakenham’s future to include community input.
Described as an “aspirational blueprint”, the Pakenham Structure...
Samantha aims to inspire all women
By Nick Creely
“Once you exercise you never regret it.”
That’s the very simple yet inspiring message from Pakenham mum and personal trainer Samantha Bond.
The 32-year-old...
Teacher charged with sexual offences against student
By Bonny Burrows
A teacher from Beaconshills College in Berwick has been arrested and charged with child sexual offences.
Investigators of the Greater Dandenong Sexual Offences...
Quarry query buried
By Bonny Burrows
Furious residents have slammed the company behind the controversial Bunyip North quarry proposal for ignoring their concerns.
At an emotionally charged public meeting...
Porter’s Power-packed role
By Russell Bennett
Tough, hard, aggressive, uncompromising, and a vocal presence with high standards - it’s little wonder Officer young-gun Callum Porter has been named...
Stamp is only Olympic plan approval
It seems there’s a push down Gippsland way to launch a bid for the 2028 Olympic Games.
A detailed letter arrived in the mail from...
Childhood monster has come to life
Gazette journalist REBECCA SKILTON says she has been haunted by the quarry threat for half of her life.
"We felt we had been played for...
Kids raise funds for kids
Bayles Primary School has been presented with a giant Bendigo Bank cheque for its Good Friday Appeal fundraising efforts.
Bendigo Bank Kooweerup Branch Manager Andrea...
Ripe for change grants
By Helena Adeloju
The Ripe for Change Small Grants Program will be providing up to $10,000 to innovative food system projects in the Cardinia Council...
Family terrorised after ice addict ignored order
By Cam Lucadou-Wells
A magistrate has criticised an ice-addict’s corrections-order regime as “a joke” after the man terrorised family members weeks after failing a drug...
Broadbent takes on government over aged care
By Bonny Burrows
McMillan MP Russell Broadbent has called out his own government for favouring large for-profit aged care providers.
The Federal MP said time and...
Build belonging early, and the world never takes it away
Recently, I witnessed something Australia has lost - and urgently needs back.
I was in Kuala Lumpur, sitting quietly in the corner of my father’s...
