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Last days of mushroom murder trial start this week

FIFTY-year-old Leongatha mother two, Erin Patterson, charged with the murders of three of her in-laws and the attempted murder of another, will be back in court today, Tuesday, June 24. It’s only been four days since the Supreme Court last sat at...

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Wood’s words of wisdom echo loud and clear against ESVF ‘tax’

OPPOSITION to the Victorian Government’s most unpopular-ever tax, the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund (ESVF), isn’t going away. A well-attended farmers’ rally at Apex Park on Friday, June 13 kept the issue on the boil locally. And at...

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He said, she said… mushroom murder trial wraps up in Morwell

IT’S effectively the last day of the so-called mushroom murder trial in the Victorian town of Morwell that has so captured the attention of people worldwide. After a marathon eight weeks of hearings, all of the evidence is in and this week the...

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Van Walker, Peter Foley and an evening sublime at the Archies Creek Hotel

ARCHIES Creek Hotel empresario extraordinaire Peter Foley, hot from a successful run with the Tasmanian convict music history show, was back at the Archies Creek Hotel last Friday night. And he brought with him one of the star acts from the...

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Case all wrapped up in triple ‘mushroom’ murder trial

AFTER five days of cross-examination and a gruelling eight days in total in the witness stand, it was all over for Erin Patterson just before lunch on Day 31, Thursday, June 12. It was a significant moment in the so-called “Mushroom Murder...

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Mushroom trial: Was she feeding the dogs or covering her tracks?

WHAT did Erin Patterson do for 38 minutes after she discharged herself, against doctor’s advice, from the Leongatha Hospital at 8.10am on Monday, July 31, not returning until 9.48am? Maybe nothing. Maybe it doesn’t matter. Or maybe, as suggested...

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