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Townhouse objections dismissed
Residents are riled by a council recommendation to introduce townhouses into their idyllic single-storey neighbourhood in Endeavour Hills. A Casey Council planning officer has recommended…
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Doc reprimanded for lewd conduct
A former Monash Health gynaecologist has been reprimanded over lewd remarks to a patient and long-term sexual harassment of a midwife. Rudolph Gerad Lopes, 50,…
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Postcodes well short of 70% vax
Doveton and Dandenong postcodes continue to lag well behind the state’s 70 per cent Covid double-vaccination milestone. Victoria’s pandemic restrictions start to ease from 22…
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Refugee housing needed
Long-term housing is required for about 650 airlifted Afghanistan refugees in the South East, a settlement agency says. AMES Australia is seeking interest from property…
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Stamps election rort claims
More than $10,000 of stamps were allegedly misappropriated from South East Metropolitan MP Adem Somyurek’s electorate office to help another MP’s re-election, an IBAC inquiry…
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Somyurek office ‘shambolic’
A former staffer for State MP Adem Somyurek has described the electorate office in Dandenong as “shambolic” and “dysfunctional”. Mr Somyurek’s father was paid to…
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Byrne quits intelligence role
Holt MP Anthony Byrne has resigned from his long-held intelligence and security committee position in the wake of his branch-stacking testimony at IBAC. In a…
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Timber legend marks 60
From a lineage of sports champions, Jeff Harvey has scored an incredible 60 years with Hallam timber company Bowen & Pomeroy. Mr Harvey – or…
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Vax rate concerns linger
Doveton residents live in one of the lowest Covid vaccinated areas of Melbourne, according to state data. As of 13 October, between 35-40 per cent…
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Son hired for MP’s ’debt’
Factional heavyweight and MP Adem Somyurek allegedly requested for his son to be employed at an electorate office, with the MP pocketing his son’s salary,…
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Byrne’s branch-stacking ‘wrong’
Holt federal MP Anthony Byrne has admitted to ALP branch-stacking, including holding a ‘kitty’ for membership funds in his own electorate office. He paid for…
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Councils to seek new service model for libraries
The City of Casey and Cardinia Shire have made a joint decision to change the service model of their libraries, which will see the subsequent…
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