The Latest Breaking News from Pakenham

Choosing One Nation: disillusioned or just fed up?

One Nation's rising popularity or declining support for the major parties? Residents in an ultra-marginal seat are calling for change.

AAP · 14h ago

In 2024, engineers turned 140,000 coffees’ worth of used grounds into concrete; the 30-cubic-metre footpath saved more than 3 tons of sand

Coffee concrete: Spent coffee grounds were transformed into biochar for a Pakenham footpath project. This innovation replaced river sand, diverting waste from landfills. Researchers developed a low-energy process to create the biochar material. The project utilized two tonnes of biochar derived from 140,000 coffees.

The Economic Times · Sep 12

Is Pauline Hanson a liar or the only truth-teller? What voters think on Melbourne’s margins

After Pauline Hanson’s controversial speech at the National Press Club, Guardian Australia headed to Pakenham, one of the electorates One Nation is targeting in the Victorian state election, to see how the message landed

The Guardian - AU · Jun 21

‘Flabbergasted’: Melbourne-based One Nation candidate running in north Queensland seat

While candidates aren’t required to live in electorate they contest, rivals in Herbert are shocked by Diane Pepe’s home address

The Guardian - AU · May 4, 2022

As the federal election nears, voters' frustration with major parties could shake things up

There are signs voters in key seats are turning away from the Labor and Liberal parties, in a trend one analyst likens to the election of Donald Trump to US president in 2016.

ABC News · Apr 16, 2022