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Erin’s recipe for control exercised with ‘devastating effect’

CROWN Prosecutor in the marathon ‘mushroom murder’ trial in the Supreme Court at Morwell, Dr Nanette Rogers SC, wasted no time getting down to business on Monday, June 16. “At the heart of this case,” said Dr Rogers, “are four calculated...

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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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Why the Western Port Woodlands are on the map

ONE of the features of the draft Statement of Planning Policy (SPP) for the Bass Coast Shire issued by the Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny last week is the prominence given to the Western Port Woodlands. That’s down to the efforts of the ‘Save...

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Mushroom trial: If she loved them, why didn’t she help them?

“SURELY, if you loved them, you would have immediately notified the medical authorities about there being a possibility that the foraged mushrooms had gone into the container with the Chinese mushrooms?” said Dr Rogers. “Well, I didn’t,”...

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It’s raining goals as Parrots swamp Power in ‘South Gippsland Showdown’

LEONGATHA has come on strong after a solid opening quarter by Wonthaggi to run away with the first South Gippsland Showdown of 2025 in impressive style. The Parrots and the Power were sitting equal top after seven rounds, 6 and 1, and the game...

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