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'Inland port' could get us out of a jam

'Inland port' could get us out of a jam
A $750 MILLION 'inland port' at Lyndhurst has been touted as a key to unlocking congestion caused by thousands of trucks each day on Monash Freeway and other main arterial roads.

Ex-cop calls for stronger force

Ex-cop calls for stronger force
RETIRED police sergeant and Frankston's 1999 citizen of the year David Newman is fed up with what he claims is the council's bias towards the city's central business district at the expense of its residential areas.  | CommentsComments (1)

New reefs snapped up

New reefs snapped up
THE artificial recreational fishing reefs being trialled at Aspendale, Seaford and Frankston have been rapidly colonised by snapper and other fish species.
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GALLERY: Staff photographs of the week

Staff photographs of the week
Selection of photographs taken in the last week by our staff.
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Victorian bowls over the world's best

Victorian bowls over the world's best
PATTERSON Lakes resident Joyce Lindores beat the world's best to win the women's section of the 2010 Australian Open bowls championship at Shepparton.

Success a downer for the Pines

Success a downer for the Pines
FRANKSTON Pines Football Club is a victim of its own success with several younger players headed overseas to play with prominent international clubs over the coming months.
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Training goes to air

Training goes to air 

HELICOPTERS buzzed over head last week during Ambulance Victoria training exercises.
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Rudd pledges no batts blowout
8:40 AM AEDT | THE multimillion-dollar cost of fixing the bungled home insulation program will be met by drawing unspent money from the scheme that could otherwise have been used to insulate more homes, the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, says.  | Flood of insulation installers ... | Now taxpayers face $100m bill ...External Link
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A salute to brave soldiers in a nerve-racking theatre of war
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