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Gazette lauds fire recovery team effort As Australia faces an unprecedented bushfire crisis, victims of the Bunyip State Park fires in March last year continue to rebuild their lives. Community members and organisations were crucial in the response and recovery efforts of the devastation and have been deservedly recognised as the Pakenham Gazette’s 2019 People of the Year. For details of this annual honour and a full wrap of what made news in 2019, grab a copy of the Gazette for just $1.50 from local outlets including supermarkets, service stations, and newsagents.
Community organisations played a crucial role in the response and recovery efforts of the Bunyip Picture: ROB CAREW bushfires. 201901
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slap on the wrist before being let back into the community.” Cardinia Criminal Investigation Unit (CIU) is continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident. Anyone who witnessed the attack or has any further information is urged to contact the Pakenham police station. “What I’ve gone through with Lachlan is every mother’s nightmare,” Ms Brown added. “You just don’t want anybody to go through this. “Absolutely no one deserves to be beaten and kicked like Lachlan was.”
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ly,” Ms Brown explained. “He’s not a fighter, he’s not an out-there kid, and he keeps to himself in his small group of friends. This was completely unprovoked.” Ms Brown said her son, an apprentice cabinet maker, would struggle to continue to catch public transport and said he has lost “complete confidence“. “He’s struggling, he really is struggling,” she said. “And it’s not just Lachlan. People don’t feel safe anymore and it’s just not fair. “These people need to be stopped from doing this to other people. They’re just getting a
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Mr Brown was then assaulted, with the alleged offenders ripping his shirt before stealing his phone, wallet and a bag. He was left with a swollen nose, fat lip, scratches to the face and bruises across his body. Paramedics treated him at the scene before he was transported to Casey Hospital for further tests, worried about potential kidney damage. Thankfully, everything came back clear. Lachlan’s mother, Helen Brown, told the Gazette her son would recover physically but the ordeal would “scar him” mentally. “They laid into him really, really aggressive-
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A 20-year-old Pakenham man has been left bloodied and bruised after he was beaten in a savage daylight attack. Lachlan Brown was allegedly assaulted by a group of men, believed to be of African appearance, at about 3pm on 2 January outside Pakenham station. A Victoria Police spokesman confirmed the victim was approached by three men who asked for a cigarette. Feeling uneasy, the victim is believed to have run away but was chased by the thugs who demanded cigarettes and a mobile phone.
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