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Candidate flashes his election cash
Federal Holt Liberal candidate James Mathias has pledged $276,000 for road upgrades if a Turnbull Government is elected. Under the package, $226,000 will be allocated…
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Liberal spending with stolen card
WHILE a man was asleep at a factory premises in Hallam, his wallet was stolen and thousands of dollars spent in a couple of hours.…
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Bad sport makes off with footy club cash
THE Doveton Football Netball Club had thousands of dollars stolen from its Frawley Road address. An offender ransacked the office space and stole $2000 in…
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Charges over nine-day crime wave
A man on a nine-day crime spree, where he allegedly targeted service stations in Hampton Park, has been charged. Frankston detectives charged the Carrum Downs…
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Administrator says builder was ‘insolvent’
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS Collapsed boutique builder Botanic Homes had been trading insolvent for several months before going into voluntary administration in early May, its appointed…
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Open and shut success
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS Hallam-based company Dorma Australia has more sliding door moments than most. In short, it makes the drive-units that open and close automated…
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Proud of their links to the past
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS Three-generation family business Bartlett Equipment’s 70-year history is one of ingenuity. Since starting in Clayton South in 1946, the truck and trailer…
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Trading places
Hallam Senior College hospitality students catered for 80 people in an in-house trades gala event as other students took guests on a tour of the…
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Crime up, police down
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS CASEY’S soaring crime rate – up more than 15 per cent on a per capita basis in the past year – has…
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Man arrested over death of Rani Featherston
Detectives from the Homicide Squad and Armed Crime Squad have arrested a man today in relation to the death of Rani Featherston. Rani was found…
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Blackburn’s dream just got bigger
By JARROD POTTER PROFESSIONAL women’s football was brought another step closer on Wednesday 15 June and for south-east superstar Ellie Blackburn … she can’t wait…
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Dial up a hero
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS It’s a good thing that Doveton’s Mia Curtis has a calm head in a crisis. In a matter of fact way she…












