News
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Diversion opinions divided
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A DRUG treatment clinician says the jury is out on the success of drug courts’ mandatory diversion treatments for ice-addicted offenders. Dr…
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Hot cars burn parents
By BRIDGET COOK THE message of the dangers of leaving kids in hot cars is not getting through to Casey residents, with more than 40…
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Gang force their way into home
FOUR men forced their way into a bungalow in Hampton Park while the resident was home and stole a number of valuables over the weekend.…
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Kiwis call for rebuild help
By CASEY NEILL CHRISTCHURCH is rising from the rubble, three years after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake flattened the New Zealand city. And businesses in Melbourne’s…
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Fatal train smash driver to stand trial
By CASEY NEILL A NARRE Warren truck driver has been ordered to stand trial in the Supreme Court over a fatal train crash in Dandenong…
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The best of food and flora
By BRIDGET COOK LOCAL food and flora will be in the spotlight as the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival comes to Cranbourne this month. The…
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Family touch to fast-food outlet
MCDONALD’S has opened the first of its kind concept store in Cranbourne North, designed for families. The Narre Warren Cranbourne Road franchise, which has created…
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Thieves target water meters
POLICE have urged the community to keep an eye out for suspicious behaviour following a spike of water metre thefts in Casey. There were a…
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Family fun for free
AKOONAH Park will come alive with free family fun this month for the 16th annual Casey Kids Carnival. There will be live entertainment, amusement rides,…
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Fire help
LATROBE City Council put out a call for help to manage its response to the Hazelwood Mine Fire and Casey has responded wholeheartedly. Over the…
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Third time unlucky
A NARRE Warren North property has been targeted three times in the past four months in burglaries of scrap metal. The most recent burglary occurred…
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Tip close call
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS SHADOW Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has called for the closure of the Taylors Road toxic waste landfill in Lyndhurst, after a fire…