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Police pleased with New Year crowds
A major police operation was held as the state celebrated the start of 2024, ensuring Victorians could bring in the new year safely. Thousands of…
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No Costco in Officer
Plans for a future Costco warehouse in Officer hit a bump in the road when the State Government knocked back council requests to amend a…
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Best photos from 2023
Gazette photographers STEWART CHAMBERS, ROB CAREW and GARY SISSONS got right in the midst of the action for this year’s news, sport and events. Check…
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Broadbent out with a bang
Monash MP Russell Broadbent’s decades-long connection to the Liberal Party came to an end this year, after he quit the Liberal Party after losing a…
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New era for pub
After a turbulent year which almost saw the demise of one of Pakenham’s oldest pubs, the iconic Main Street watering hole colloquially known as Purvies…
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Three men charged following string of high-speed hooning offences
Police have charged two Berwick men and an Officer man with a string of offences following a number of alleged hooning incidents in Melbourne’s South…
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Local builders join wave of collapses
South East construction companies were among the casualties in the string of large-scale builders which went into liquidation this year. Hallam-based builder Rawdon Hill had…
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Battin office secures location
The year has started off promising for Berwick MP Brad Battin as his long-awaited electorate office has finally secured a location. After over a year…
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Family violence campaign lauded
The Victorian Country Press Association presented the Pakenham-Berwick Gazette team with the Best Community Campaign award in November for its Road To Respect campaign. According…
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Livestock set to depart Pakenham
In late November, the Gazette received the news from the Victorian Livestock Exchange (VLE) that the Pakenham saleyards would close in mid-2024, ending 25 years…
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Poisonous toad located in South East
Agriculture Victoria has urged people in the South East to report any suspected exotic pest animal sightings after a poisonous toad from south-east Asia was…
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40 years since Ash Wednesday
This past February saw a very special edition of the Gazette to commemorate 40 years since the Ash Wednesday fires of 16 February 1983. On…
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