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Michael
Giles

200 up for Leongatha Parrots spiritual leader

THE story goes that when big Benny Willis arrived at training in Leongatha at the start of the 2014 season from Thorpdale, he was supposed to be going to Inverloch. But 199 senior games and four premierships later, as well as a ‘minor...

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Michael Giles

1 hour ago

News

What ‘helpful’ Erin said in her police interview

AT THE urging of the media, without objection from the Patterson and Wilkinson families but against the wishes of convicted triple murderer, Erin Patterson, the full video recording of the police record of interview with Ms Patterson has now been...

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Michael Giles

8 hours ago

News

‘A lot of victim statements’ in mushroom murder case

JUSTICE Beale has set aside a whole day of a two-day plea hearing later this month just to hear “a lot” of witness impact statements arising out of the murders of three Korumburra family members, and the attempted murder of a fourth. On Friday...

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Michael Giles

12 hours ago

Community

Start the conversation that might stop suicide, he said

HOW good are country football-netball clubs! Not only do they provide a fun, fitness and a social outlet for the youth of their towns and districts, and engagement for the parents, friends and supporters, but they’re increasingly taking...

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Michael Giles

21 hours ago

News

Video shows the moment police almost lost the mushroom case

HANDS up who knows the access code for their mobile phone? Silly question really! It might as well be tattooed on your forehead. It’s something you’d never forget and if there’s any risk you might forget the access code for your phone...

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Michael Giles

05 Aug 2025

News

Take a look at what’s happening at J-Bay

FAR from being solely Inverloch’s problem. The battle against beach erosion is worldwide, and a new video from Jeffreys Bay in South Africa might just offer an insight for local land managers into what not to do, even if it doesn’t provide...

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Michael Giles

03 Aug 2025

News

Mary Aldred MP joins Bendigo Bank pile-on

NEW Member for Monash, Mary Aldred, has used her first opportunity to make a ‘Statement by Members’ to heap further pressure on Bendigo Bank and the government over the closure of bank branches in regional areas. Speaking in the parliament on...

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Michael Giles

03 Aug 2025

News

First speech one day, first question the next for Mary Aldred MP

THE new Member for Monash, Mary Aldred, wasted no time testing her wings in Federal Parliament on Wednesday, July 30, the day after delivering an impressive first speech. And she did so by addressing a question to the Prime Minister, no less, on an...

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Michael Giles

30 Jul 2025

News

Mary Aldred MP makes her first mark on Federal Parliament

IN HER first speech to the Australian Parliament on Tuesday this week, new Member for Monash, Mary Aldred, honoured the past, acknowledged the present and committed herself to a future. Following in the footsteps of her late father, Ken Aldred, she...

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Michael Giles

30 Jul 2025

Sentinel-Times Comment

Letters to the Editor

Ben Harvey should take a hike

Comment by Michael Giles AS A journalist, Ben Harvey is no mug, apparently. He’s been around. Won ‘Columnist of the Year 2022’ in the WA media awards, according to his LinkedIn page. And as a director of Crime Stoppers Western Australia, he...

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Michael Giles

29 Jul 2025

News

Procurement biggest area of corruption risk, says Cr Schelling

ALL the tricks of the trade were under scrutiny when the State Government’s Public Accounts and Estimates Committee continued its inquiry into Fraud and Corruption Control in Local Government on Monday this week. Here’s one issue that might...

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Michael Giles

29 Jul 2025

Football

Wonthaggi wraps up victory over Sale ahead of a big month of footy

WONTHAGGI Power kept their finals hopes alive on Saturday with a confidence-boosting, 47-point win over a visiting Sale side in wet and slippery conditions that demanded resolve and commitment at the contest. Energy levels were up across the board...

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Michael Giles

27 Jul 2025

News

Driver so drunk he didn’t know he’d hit someone

A 47-year-old Narre Warren man who allegedly struck and killed a 68-year-old, retired retail worker from Wonthaggi, on Sunday afternoon, March 2 this year, was allegedly so drunk he didn’t know he’d crashed into the woman and her friend’s dog...

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Michael Giles

25 Jul 2025