DONCASTER resident Megan Mens has returned to her home town with a new husband and new business idea, after seven years living overseas. ... Read More
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I must admit this one shocked me. A couple of days ago I had a Postal Vote Application Form, which I was going to pass on to friends of the family to use, since they could use them and I had no purpose for them. The forms had arrived in the mail. I was gutted when I read the following.
People who intend to vote this way have been urged by the Australian Electoral Commission to take extra care when filling in forms, as postal voting applications sent to the household may be a vehicle for political parties to collect the most personal details of the voting public.... Read More
These forms reportedly aren’t from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) and in fact are from the political parties. In my case I suspect the Liberal Party because it has on the back “With the compliments of Kevin Andrews MP”. When you fill out the forms according to the newspaper article they apparently go to the party where the information is collected and the form then passed on. It is illegal not to pass the form on.
This is all totally legal. I personally see this as a straight out scam. We expect it on the internet but when our own politicians do it what hope is there for this country. I’m both shocked and disappointed.
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The BMW facility in Doncaster, Melbourne, has undergone a $20 million transformation, tripling in size to 15,000sqm of new showrooms, service workshops and staff facilities.... Read More
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Staff have submitted a 336-signature petition to the Doncaster Rd shopping centre's management, listing several reasons why employees should not have to pay for parking, let alone cop a 25 per cent increase.... Read More
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MELBOURNE businesses have allegedly been defrauded of more than $135,000 by a man using fraudulent credit cards.... Read More
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Westfield will head to the courts to stop Bunnings Warehouse building a $180 million store because it might prevent an expansion of Doncaster Shoppingtown.... Read More
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I’m pretty lucky as I don’t have to use the Eastern Freeway that much. I try to work locally which avoids much of the traffic, but it is hard to get work locally. When I do use the Eastern Freeway outbound lanes traffic often comes close to a crawl from around the Thompsons Road exit in Bulleen. I’m not game to drive any further and often get off even earlier due to traffic.
The Napthine government announced on Monday that two lanes would be added to the Eastern Freeway as part of its plan for the first stage of the east-west link, a $6 billion to $8 billion toll road from the freeway's end in Collingwood to CityLink.... Read More
My real concern is if another outbound lane is added to the Easter Freeway to Tram Road will that clear some of this traffic or simply create an even worse situation.
Does anyone who regularly drive on this section of the Eastern Freeway feel the bottleneck disappears from Tram Road? If it doesn’t then things will only get worse.
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The plan to expand a 13km stretch of the Eastern Freeway to Tram Rd in Doncaster is revealed in the Napthine Government's bid to a federal advisory body to secure support for the first stage of the East West Link, to cost $6 billion-$8 billion.... Read More
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Qantas will be at Doncaster Shoppingtown to take photos of people with Curiosity, the focus of their new advertising campaign. There are 100,000 Frequent Flyer points to be won. Photos will be taken outside Coffee Club on Level 1 between on Friday the 5th of July between 9am and 9pm.
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What do you think. Does Doncaster Hill need a train station?
MANNINGHAM council has called on the state and federal governments to extend a potential Doncaster train line to its highrise Doncaster Hill precinct.... Read More
To me it does seem strange not to have the train station go to Doncaster Hill which is a central hub of activity in the area. If I recall correctly 70% plus of retail activity in the area happens at Shoppingtown. The Doncaster Park & Ride isn’t near anything. If you look at most train stations they are located at community centres, although some stations aren’t, but Shoppingtown is certainly a focus for the area. What is missing at Shoppingtown is suitable long term parking and if that was made available then the need for the Park & Ride would largely disappear.
I’m still not certain the train line is needed at all. Templestowe is located close to Eltham, Bulleen to Heidelberg and Doncaster, Doncaster East, Donvale runs parallel to the Box Hill line which would only be about 10 minutes away from Doncaster line. Not sure if this one has really been thought by everyone. Personally I’d prefer the money was spent on a train line to the Tullamarine airport which I think would benefit a lot more people.
Only about 13% of people in the Manningham area currently use public transport. The real question is would you stop using your car if a train line was built?
If I go into the city I use the Smartbus. It takes about 45 minutes plus the walking and waiting time. If the train is built I’d have to catch a bus and a train and with the waiting time between each mode of transport I can’t see how it would be any faster and suspect it would be slower. I’m not convinced about the train for my needs as a Templestowe resident. But I should add I’m not a city worker. If the majority in the area are interested in a train and would use the train I’m happy to support the building of the train line.
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I thought this was interesting.
Two seats have been completely scrapped, one in Doncaster and the other on the state's northern border, and replaced by new seats in the growth corridors in Melbourne's west and north-west.... Read More
For the Bulleen district it appears more of the Doncaster district has been included and a small area of Doncaster East around The Pines has been removed. To me it didn’t seem to make sense the area of Doncaster East was included in the Bulleen district, but in the end the aim of the boundaries is to try to keep numbers fairly even across districts.
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Jean has just turned 105, so, on a rough estimate, this was her 38,400th lunch. For Jack, 101, it was approximately 37,000, give or take a skipped meal during his days as a busy architect working for Walter Burley Griffin.... Read More
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The 19-year-old was in Doncaster Shoppingtown car park when her arm was grabbed from behind by an Asian male at 11.30pm on Friday.... Read More
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Council backs freeway route for Doncaster Rail... Read More
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MORE than $9000 cash has been found at a Doncaster sporting reserve, police say.... Read More
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Detective Senior Constable Tony Peeler said the bike was stolen from the woman’s Somerville Street garage between May 24 and May 26.... Read More
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Missing Doncaster man Peter Kerr has been located safe and is recovering in hospital. The 53-year-old was found in a hospital in New South Wales around 12pm today. ... Read More
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When I read this article it reminded me of how much money the government is intending to spend and how few people are really interested. If a meeting for the rail only garners 22 interested people isn’t this an indication that people aren’t really interested. Also interesting is if I recall correctly $2 million had been set aside for the study and this article reports it as a $6 million plus study. That’s a concern.
It is a cold Thursday evening in Doncaster, east of Melbourne's centre, and 22 people sit under fluorescent lighting, waiting to talk about trains. It is a mostly middle-aged male demographic: there are just two women, and only five people under the age of 60.... Read More
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POLICE are searching for a missing Doncaster man who is recovering from major surgery. ... Read More
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BUNNINGS has been given the green light to build a new flagship store along with 385 apartments, in an Australian-first project approved by the Manningham Council.... Read More
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The Myer stocktake sale started on Wednesday at Doncaster Shoppingtown. The sale goes until the 14th of July. I find a good way to check out what is available is to check the online catalogue. Saves beating the crowds.
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DONCASTER brothers Aaron and Aiden March are the men with all the answers – 18,000 to be precise.... Read More
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The main areas hit were Northcote, Brunswick, Broadmeadows and Doncaster and Eltham.... Read More
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Senior Sergeant Wayne Williams said the woman took a Toblerone bar from a charity fundraising box on the front counter. She tucked it under her arm and walked out of the station, but the nutty plan was foiled.... Read More
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BUNNINGS has been given the green light to build a new flagship store along with 385 apartments, in an Australian-first project approved by the Manningham Council.... Read More
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A 38-year-old woman has been charged over a series of handbag thefts at Doncaster shopping centres.... Read More
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Doncaster Rail Study Leader, Tim Gosbell, provides a presentation outlining the findings and preferred alignment of the Phase One Study into a heavy rail connection between Doncaster and the Melbourne CBD. ... Read More
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AN elderly man is outraged after he was refused service at a McDonald's drive-through on his motorised mobility scooter. ... Read More
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NOTE: The original article indicates the McDonalds is in Doncaster East. The McDonalds is quite a few kilometres away from Doncaster East and is located in Doncaster. Many people may think the McDonalds is located in Templestowe Lower being on the corner of High Street and Manningham Roads, but due to an interesting alignment of location boundaries this area is part of Doncaster.
An elderly man is fighting for life in hospital after his vehicle flipped onto its side during hit-and-run in the state's north-east last week.... Read More
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The 74-year-old Glen Iris resident was recently inducted into the Melbourne Cricket Club's baseball section Hall of Fame and, on the same night, was named in the Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club Hall of Fame.... Read More
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A Doncaster man who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old outside a Box Hill service station has lost a Supreme Court appeal to reduce his 19-year murder sentence.... Read More
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At the last State election I stood as an independent. I spoke to one of the people handing out leaflets for Nicholas Kotsiras. They believed in their hearts they would make it happen. I believed it was a promise they would most likely not keep. People thought the Liberals had committed to building the rail. All I could see was a commitment for yet another study.
DONCASTER Rail looks set to be placed off-track for at least another four years, the State Budget has confirmed, raising the ire of public transport advocates and the Opposition.... Read More
Political parties always make promises they won’t keep and yet 80% of voters vote for them. In the end voters really get what they deserve and that is broken promises. Come the next election we’ll see the next round of broken promises and flurry of spending coming up to the election to keep everyone happy. Then we’ll go back into the cycle of backtracking on the promises. The rail was the Liberal’s single main promise and those who think they’d see dirt turned on the project didn’t really check out what was really being said.
I also don’t blame people for not voting for independents. A number of current Federal independents went against the majority of the people in their electorate and aligned with the Labor Party. When I see that I wouldn’t vote for an independent. Independents should remain independent and not align with a party. They should vote for each issue based on the will of their electorate. That is what I intended to do but the public voted and I accept they didn’t want that approach.
I am neither for or against the building of the new rail line. It is for all the residents of Manningham to decide if that is what they need and want. I’m not sure the proposed plan will help many locals and I feel real feedback from locals is needed to really gauge the value of a new rail line. Ask yourself the question. If a rail line was built to the bus exchange at the corner of High Street and Doncaster Road would you use it and give up your car? I suspect the answer for most people will be no. Be truthful to yourself and the government will make better decisions. We shouldn’t listen to the small group of people who make loud noises in their own interests or the Local and State government who want to be seen to be doing something. We should make decisions for the good of as many people as possible.
My real desire is to encourage people to work locally providing products and services to other locals. Then our need to travel for work is reduced reducing the number of cars on the road and the cost of expensive infrastructure.
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A bus driver is in hot water after being caught apparently reading a newspaper while negotiating traffic on a busy road in Melbourne's north-east.... Read More
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Search Australia was added to JustLocal to give those who wish to search a search engine which focuses on Australian sites and removes many of the directories which have now taken over the internet. I’m pretty happy that if I search for ‘fish and chips’ in a local suburb, if the business has a web presence I can now see their page. Of course many small businesses don’t have a web presence which doesn’t help them or their customers. I’ve shown a number of local businesses how a site I’ve put on the internet for them can generate hundreds of leads a month but in the end they don’t seem to care.
The worst example of not providing up-to-date information is when I went into a fish and chip shop in Doncaster Road. After placing the order via telephone the order was some 15% dearer. Every customer was complaining because like me they were ordering from an out-of-date menu and the business decided to increase their prices without letting them know. Had the business put their menu on the internet I would have known before I ordered and so potentially could everyone else. I’ve never used the business again so an out-of-date menu can and does lose businesses customers. A single page site assists hundreds of customers a year and is easily paid for by a single repeat customer. Small business can’t see if they don’t provide the tools people need they’ll go elsewhere and the bigger companies ARE providing online menus.
But I digress. The real purpose of this post is to let users of JustLocal know of three new features I’ve added to Search Australia, the search engine available on every JustLocal page and also available as an Add-in to Internet Explorer. If you add a single letter at the start of the search phrase you can select your preferred search engine, go to a JustLocal postcode page, or find out if you’re using the preferred Australian English spelling for a word.
1. Type in g, b, or y and go directly to Google, Bing or Yahoo. If you add a space and then your search query (such as ‘g fish and chips templestowe’) you’ll get search results for local fish and chips shops without all the directories. That is hopefully if they have a site you’ll get the actual business’ site.
2. Type in j and you’ll go to JustLocal. Type in j followed by a space and a postcode (such as ‘j 3106’) and you’ll go to the JustLocal postcode page. That’s a pretty convenient method to go direct to your local JustLocal postcode page. Keep in mind if your area isn’t covered you’ll get a place holder page with generic ads. As soon as a business or person in your area takes up the mantle to promote JustLocal in your area the generic page will be replaced with local information.
3. Type in w followed by a word and you’ll go direct to the Word Check page to check if you are using the preferred Australian English spelling for a word. You do need a password to see the answer. All clients of mine are provided with the password. In fact if you use Search Australia from JustLocal and type in ‘dictionary’, you’ll have access to Word Check for a while. A thank you for trying out Search Australia.
On top of removing dozens of directories now cluttering search results when using Google (not Bing or Yahoo) and the ability to enter a single word or couple of words to go to the top searched for sites by millions of users, these new features should make Search Australian even more useful. Clients are welcome to request the list of top site search terms. I don’t currently publish the terms on the internet because of the work involved collating the list so please feel free to ask for a copy to assist you in your searches.
Don’t forget, the most convenient way to use Search Australia is to use the link to add Search Australia as your default search engine in Internet Explorer. Then you can perform a search direct from the address bar in Internet Explorer. If everyone in Australia used Search Australia (heaven forbid as my server wouldn’t hold up to it) if could potentially save many hundreds of millions of searches when people are looking for major Australian companies, a TV guide and even the weather. Search engines want you to end up on their page to make money from advertising. I want you to get quickly to the site you want to get to.
For me the real test of whether or not something I’ve developed is worthwhile is whether I use it myself or not. Search Australia is my preferred search tool. It doesn’t stop me from using Google, and in fact if I want to use Google I simply enter the letter ‘g’ and I go direct to Google. I can quickly decide which search engine I’d prefer and not be stuck with just one. With one or two words I access most of the popular sites such as ANZ, eBay, Gumtree, Freeview (TV guide) etc., so it makes sense to use Search Australia rather than end up hunting through Google results that have become so cluttered. I hope you find Search Australia useful too.
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A Doncaster man who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old outside a Box Hill service station has lost a Supreme Court appeal to reduce his 19-year murder sentence.... Read More
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The Manningham Council last week approved a 13-storey apartment tower in the city’s Doncaster Hill development zone. ... Read More
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The first information session will be in person, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm on Thursday 16 May 2013 at the Manningham Function Centre, Function Room 2, 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster 3108... Read More
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Disturbingly I’m now seeing up to 50 per cent of people reaching my sites who may be logged on to a Google service and so could be tracked at the individual level.
I use Google’s blogger, Analytics and sometimes Google advertising on my sites. If you are logged on to a Google service your activities can be linked to you as an individual. What you are doing on the internet can thus potentially be tracked to you as an individual.
What people don’t know is when you visit a site which has advertising on it, that advertising is often provided by Google. Many sites use Google’s Analytics software to record statistics for their sites. As you move from site to site your activities can potentially be recorded as an individual.
As you read the major daily news sites, as you search for information, when you go to many sites on the internet your activities can be tracked to you as an individual. In addition it is also possible your location is being tracked without your knowledge because often the internet address you use to access the internet is known to be in a certain area.
It is up to each person to decide whether this matters to them or not. If it does matter to you then consider logging out of all Google services (and potentially other services). When you are logged on to services you can be tracked individually and a profile of you and your activities can be created. Some of this information can potentially end up in the wrong hands. The most obvious outcome is you’ll be directly marketed to and could end up paying more for products and services.
We can’t stop the government and companies collecting information, but most people aren’t aware that their activities on the internet can be tracked to them individually. Because more than 90% of Australians use Google for searching, if they are logged on to Google services (my logs are indicating up to 50% of people may be logged onto a Google service when they reach my sites) then your activities across the internet may be being recorded.
Log off online services as soon as you are finished with them. Don’t keep services such as Gmail and YouTube logged on and running in the background. This doesn’t just apply to Google. Any service that you are logged in and has software they’ve created installed on another site could be doing the same. The type of services that come to mind are social networking services. Where a site you visit displays a button from a social networking service you don’t know what that code does and neither do I. The code could be tracking you. By logging off you reduce some of your online activities being tracked.
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A man whose body was found in a car park at Melbourne's biggest shopping centre has been identified as a 28-year-old Doncaster man, police said on Wednesday afternoon.... Read More
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IT TOOK a couple of weeks for Geoffrey Stephens to realise the enormity of what he had done. ... Read More
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Ambulance Employees Australia general secretary Steve McGhie said nine paramedics had taken their lives in the past five years, including a woman found dead at the Templestowe depot last month.... Read More
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Eastern suburbs sex predator probe makes potential breakthrough as man quizzed on attacks... Read More
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Citizen's arrest ends robber's getaway... Read More
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RADIO-controlled model car enthusiast David Stevens is creating plenty of torque as he prepares to set an official world record at Templestowe Reserve on Sunday.... Read More
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The 49-year-old Balwyn woman, an experienced paramedic, was found dead by colleagues on Saturday morning at the Doncaster ambulance station, in the city's eastern suburbs.... Read More
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A DONCASTER woman is the latest to fall for a supernatural scam in which three Asian women allegedly threaten victims with evil spirits. ... Read More
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Imperial Doncaster has started selling its apartments, which include controls for lighting and entertainment from a smartphone, PC or tablet... Read More
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I found this comment interesting. I’ve often used the number 48 tram off peak and it is much faster than the Eltham train and far more frequent. I’ve been told of a person who regularly used the tram to get to and from the city that it was very good and very frequent. If there was one issue it was the number of people who used it up to Richmond but after that it was good.
Mr Hundley said the number 48 tram did not cut it for commuters and a train needed to go to Doncaster.... Read More
I wish someone would do a comprehensive report and list the reasons why the tram couldn’t be extended to Doncaster Shoppingtown and why the Box Hill train couldn’t loop to Doncaster Shoppingtown as well. Doing this would provide two forms of transport at a fraction of the cost of a train down the freeway.
Public transport groups always knock whatever is suggested for roads and I suspect the same is probably true for motoring organisations. We need a balanced view. A view created independently from the government and not funded by the government.
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It is very common in business for businesses to quote excessive prices if they don’t want the business. The question that comes to my mind with the reported “ludicrous” price tag is this part of a strategy so the Liberal Party doesn’t have to deliver on their promise. Seems to me like it could be.
A proposed multibillion-dollar Doncaster-to- city rail link has come under fire for its ‘‘ludicrously inflated’’ price tag... Read More
The government and municipalities involved need to get real and come up with a plan. Put all the costed options on the table so they can all be considered. I recall a few years ago a figure of 400 million, then under a billion and now three billion. Seems to me there is more talk than actual desire to make something happen.
I’m not for or against the Doncaster rail. I can see advantages for and against. A number of people have expressed concern that heavy rail brings crime to an area and given we now have armed guards patrolling stations the government has effectively endorsed that view. People are concerned about safety. If you check the blog I maintain for Eltham you’ll read about a number of violent encounters at Eltham station.
I’ve seen no balanced discussion about the options. Just government and local councils pushing their agendas. A station at Chandler Highway very close to Alphington and Fairfield Stations doesn’t seem to be a good design providing additional services to an area already serviced. Even a station at Bulleen Road appears a little too close to Heidelberg Station. I can’t help feeling there have to be better options.
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Doncaster possum-bashing case goes unpunished as authorities say they're not investigating it... Read More
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It is interesting to watch the progress of the preferred route for the Doncaster line. Ending the line at a car park (the park and ride) seems like a ludicrous idea. I would need to take two buses to get to the train from where I live in Templestowe. The park-and-ride is a long way from the Doncaster activity centre.
A TRAIN along the Eastern Freeway has been identified as the best rail route to Doncaster, with a new underground line from Northcote to the city integral to the plan. ... Read More
The Liberal part came to power in the last election with the promise and intent of building the Doncaster line. By the next election I doubt if a single spade of dirt will have been turned.
I am not endorsing the plan for a rail link one way or the other. My desire is to encourage people to shop and work locally and if more people did that there would be less need for public transport to the city. People don’t think they can make a difference but if people used their buying power to support other locals (not necessarily existing businesses as they may not be owned or staffed by locals) and generate work for them, then things can start to change. It begins with each of us. We can make a difference.
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DONCASTER businessman Stefan Kazakis knows all about surviving and thriving. ... Read More
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A DONCASTER man has pleaded not guilty to a murder outside a South Melbourne brothel.... Read More
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Located at Sovereign Point Court, opposite Westfield's Doncaster shopping centre, Imperial was designed by the Buchan Group and will be 10 storeys high.... Read More
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A WALLABY that was rescued from four-storey rooftop carpark in suburban Doncaster this morning is recovering at a wildlife shelter. ... Read More
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Landlines disrupted for 300 Telstra customers in Doncaster... Read More
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I thought the post below regarding the Doncaster line was worth reading. It shows people are looking at things from different perspectives and to me that is a good thing. Often government reports are limited by the options they’re to review and often the independent studies aren’t as independent as they could be. I’ve noticed consultants can produce reports organisations want because if they don’t, they may just not get repeat business. Sometimes the draft report can contain better insight before the consultants are told what to remove.
A Doncaster line is always going to be an expensive option (especially after the compulsory government budget blow-out) - and many better plans are always going to trump it for years to come.... Read More
If there’s one catchphrase that gets me it is that Manningham is the only municipality without a railway line. That is true but there are lines to the north and south of the municipality. I grew up 4.5km away from a railway station and now I’m about 6km away. Not a great difference if you ask me. I suspect people in the east of the municipality will be closer to the Ringwood line than a Doncaster line so not much gain for them. Not having a line in the municipality isn’t a reason to get one.
Only about 3% of people regularly use trains to get from work and school and around 13% use public transport in Manningham. Isn’t it time that everyone was considered equally and not just the minority?
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Every now and again I run a trial for a local business to show them how I can assist their business on the internet. The result is nearly always the same. Even though the page/site is used by hundreds of customers the business in the end they really aren’t interested.
In the case of Papa Loui’s Pizza & Pasta the log showed dozens of people a month using the online menu. Small local business however don’t seem to understand all that is required is to gain a single new customer (or lose an existing customer to a competitor) would pay for a single page menu site on the internet.
I continue to look for local businesses who value how I can help their business. If you own a local business in Templestowe, Templestowe Lower, Doncaster, Doncaster East, Eltham, Montmorency, or Lower Plenty, and would like a low cost presence on the internet, including local promotion, please feel free to contact me.
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