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  • Popular former councillor rules out election return

    Popular former councillor rules out election return

    Former councillor Michael Schilling will not be running in this year’s council elections leaving a third of the vote open for Pakenham Lakeside’s ward. Schilling…

  • Crime up 13.3 per cent in Cardinia

    Crime up 13.3 per cent in Cardinia

    Criminal offences jumped by 13.3 per cent in the year to March 2024 across Cardinia to 7641 offences, according to the latest figures from the…

  • Don’t judge Assange: MP

    Don’t judge Assange: MP

    Bruce MP Julian Hill says no one should judge the newly-freed Julian Assange for accepting a plea-deal with the US Government for his imminent return…

  • ‘Bittersweet’: truth-telling for abuse in state schools

    ‘Bittersweet’: truth-telling for abuse in state schools

    A light will be shone on the horrors of historical sexual abuse in public schools across Victoria before victims receive a long-overdue apology. Victims gathered…

  • Pokies $50 loss limit welcomed

    Pokies $50 loss limit welcomed

    Cardinia Council mayor Jack Kowarzik has welcomed the State Government’s agreement with the Greens to establish a $50 daily default loss limit on pokies. In…

  • Music teacher’s jail term reduced

    Music teacher’s jail term reduced

    A musical director and teacher convicted of child sex assaults as well as more than 20 online child exploitation offences has had his jail term…

  • Keeping council transparent

    Keeping council transparent

    Cardinia Council has updated its governance rules, joining the State Government’s own reform of its regulations around council governance and integrity standards recently. The council…

  • Legend Kebabs voted best in Melbourne

    Legend Kebabs voted best in Melbourne

    Kebabs are serious business and Melbourne decided to vote Pakenham’s own Legend Kebabs as the best around. In Triple M’s ‘Best of Melbourne’ competition, Legend…

  • Pakenham celebrates Fusion Fest

    Pakenham celebrates Fusion Fest

    Fusion Festival celebrated diversity and inclusion in Pakenham on Saturday 22 June to mark World Refugee Week. Pakenham Hall was filled with many communities of…

  • Pakenham celebrates Fusion Fest

    Pakenham celebrates Fusion Fest

    Fusion Festival celebrated diversity and inclusion in Pakenham on Saturday 22 June to mark World Refugee Week. Pakenham Hall was filled with many communities of…

  • New policy to support women in sport

    New policy to support women in sport

    Cardinia Shire Council has developed a Fair Access Policy to support women and girls in sport.  This new policy establishes a strong and consistent framework…

  • Seville tobacco shop fire linked to cross-border illicit tobacco trafficking

    Seville tobacco shop fire linked to cross-border illicit tobacco trafficking

    WA Police, Victoria Police, the Australian Border Force and the WA Department of Health worked together to arrest thirteen people last week as part of…

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