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SES unit ‘in dire straits’
By PETER DOUGLAS THE Emerald State Emergency Service (SES) unit has again been overlooked in the State Budget, despite the Victorian SES ranking it as…
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Impatient drivers endanger crew
DRIVERS who ignored road blocks along Liverpool Road last week were placing lives at risk, according to The Basin CFA. Victoria Police, Ambulance Victoria and…
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Two programs to boost farming
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS FEDERAL Minister for Industry and Science, Ian Macfarlane, and La Trobe MP, Jason Wood, last week visited Mountain Harvest Foods in Gembrook…
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Car arson: witnesses wanted
POLICE are searching for witnesses, after a car fire on Brandt Road in Lysterfield last week. At 2.20am on Tuesday 19 May, emergency services crews…
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Senior faces long jail term
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS PETER Chilcott, 62, last week pleaded guilty to failing to stop in a hit-and-run car accident involving a pedestrian in Mount Evelyn…
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Farming issue is intense
By KATH GANNAWAY YARRA Ranges councillor Jim Child has rejected suggestions a proposed planning scheme amendment could pave the way for factory farming. A petition…
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Bartering the basics
By CASEY NEILL THE Jessops moved to Macclesfield to get back to basics. They bought a rundown 15-acre farm riddled with jumping jack nests and…
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One brave save
By KATH GANNAWAY Time-critical manouvres to rescue 33-year-old Candy caught in fallen branches, vines, and lying on cold ground… SURROUNDED by familiar faces on Sunday,…
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Any takers for campus?
By JESSE GRAHAM EXPRESSIONS of interest for Lilydale’s former Swinburne University campus will only be open for TAFE providers and dual-sector universities, according to Education…
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Police put on the anchors as ‘boat chase’ goes awry
POLICE are searching around the hills for an early ’90s model Ford Falcon after a low-speed pursuit including a boat this afternoon. During a routine…
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Ink art helps quake victims
By PETER DOUGLAS TALENTED tattoo artist Jessi-Lee Hall has inked her way to raising $1750 for the victims of the Nepal earthquake disaster. The big-hearted…
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Youngest hero
By PETER DOUGLAS MONTROSE youngster Tiana Dewhurst was the youngest recipient of last week’s Junior Triple Zero Hero Awards. At just four years of age,…
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