Lessons that last
EVERYONE is invited to a four-week cooking and preserving program beginning next month in Kooweerup.
The Preserving for Life program designed to teach locals how...
Kangaroos could face cull
By BEN CAMERON
AROUND 100 kangaroos could be culled from the Bayles Fauna Park if a solution to overpopulation at the site is not found...
No need for speed
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
MORE motorists are expected to be fined for low-level speeding offences in Cardinia Shire, following advice from the state’s top traffic cop...
Trials take centre stage
By BEN CAMERON
THE long-term future of the Tonimbuk Equestrian Centre remains unclear despite the International Horse Trials going ahead next month.
The trials, which will...
Update counter terrorism laws: MP
By BEN CAMERON
THE Federal Government was elected on the back of one of its key promises to “stop the boats”, but Federal Member for...
Family fun at school
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
FAMILIES turned out for a day of fun at St John the Baptist Primary School’s welcoming picnic in Kooweerup last week.
The annual...
Threat to a generation
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
ICE abuse in Cardinia Shire threatens to wipe out the emerging generation of young people, according to Federal Member for McMillan Russell...
Choppers join war on pest
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
ENVIRONMENTAL protection teams took to the skies last week to survey the spread of infected trees in Harkaway.
Helicopters completed a series of...
Young radicals
By BEN CAMERON
Muslim parents fear children could be seduced by extremists...
CARDINIA Shire’s Muslim community fears its young people will be lured into foreign religious...
Women rally to friend’s fight
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
A GROUP of women touched by their friend’s recent cancer diagnosis have raised almost $20,000 for an upcoming cancer fundraiser.
Pakenham’s Emily Main...
Highway Patrol hunt road pest
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
POLICE fear a serial road pest might seriously injure, or even kill, innocent road users if he is not pulled off the...
Jacinta’s emotional journey
By BEN CAMERON
FOR the first 20 years of her life, Pakenham’s Jacinta Heyne felt mostly scared, anxious, a little crazy, often alone.
“For all of...
On the Land: Inside the dangerous world of a snake catcher
Melbourne’s backyards are heating up and so are encounters with deadly snakes. Neil Haesler is the man locals call when danger slithers close. Gazette...
