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Michael
Giles

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

News

How one of our own rose above the glorious game

LAST night at the MCG, it was all about Sam Docherty. As much as he shared the occasion with teammate Jacob Weitering, who became the 40th player to reach 200 games in the Navy Blue, there was universal acclaim across the sporting landscape for...

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Michael Giles

25 Jul 2025

News

Inverloch’s erosion fears hit the airwaves again

HOW much has the Bass Coast Shire Council spent on emergency sand replacement works, to combat storm-surge erosion along the Inverloch Surf Beach? Has it been “approximately $61,000 per year up until this current financial year” as revealed in...

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Michael Giles

24 Jul 2025

News

AFL needs to offer ‘Doc’ a special tribute, says Vernon

ONE of the many locals who have delighted in the career, and especially the perseverance of Sam Docherty over the years, Daryl Vernon, hopes to see a special tribute from the AFL as one of its best-loved players hangs up his boots tonight. Father of...

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Michael Giles

24 Jul 2025

News

Monash MP Mary Aldred sworn in to new Parliament

AFTER a gruelling election campaign and excruciatingly close count, new Monash MP Mary Aldred was sworn in as part of the 48th Parliament in Canberra on Tuesday this week. Ms Aldred is one of just 28 Liberals in the 150-seat House of Representatives...

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Michael Giles

22 Jul 2025

Police

Lock’em up, say police, after spate of car thefts in Leongatha and Wonthaggi

IN ONE of three aggravated burglaries, involving car thefts over the weekend, the Wonthaggi owner of one of the cars awoke to see three offenders legging it away down Cuttlers Circuit in the early hours of Monday morning, July 21. On that occasion...

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Michael Giles

21 Jul 2025

Football

Youthful Parrots claim memorable victory at Moe on Saturday

LEONGATHA came away from Moe on Saturday with a memorable victory, against the odds, described by some club stalwarts as one of the best home and away wins in the club’s history. With the likes of club legends including Frank Welsford, Keith...

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Michael Giles

20 Jul 2025

Sentinel-Times Comment

Letters to the Editor

Just what the doctor ordered

By Michael Giles A COUPLE of things caught my eye in the past week; one of them being the decision by Leongatha medico Dr Chris Webster to make public comment on the impact of the mushroom murders on the local community, and in particular, on the...

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Michael Giles

15 Jul 2025