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The Age - General News
8 June 2007

Mice in kitchen? No worries, stay open for 5 months By RICHARD BAKER
AGE INVESTIGATE UNIT

A DEAD mouse in a home-made trap, rodent droppings, cigarette butts and uncovered food in a filthy refrigerator were just some of the things City of Glen Eira cadet enviromental health officer Lachlan Northey found when he inspected Glen Huntly's Gourmet Inn last year.

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The Age - General News
8 June 2007

Operators of Chinatown restaurants in hotpot over poor hygiene
By STEVE BUTCHER

The propietor of a popular Melbourne Chinatown restaurant has been fined $40,000 for food, cooking and hygiene conditions a magistrae said "you would not find in a kennel".

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The Age - General News
18 March 2007

There's a cockroach in my soup (but don't tell the neighbours)
Get a grip - it's the drought bringing in the roaches, not bad housekeeping or dirty habits, writes PAUL HEINRICHS.

The meek will inherit the Earth but they won't have it to themselves: cockroaches, say the boffins, are many times more capable of surviving an atomic bomb than mere humans. But it turns out that the unsavoury critters are struggling with climate change, too.

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The Age - domain COVER STORY
17 February 2007

Small price to pay for peace of mind
A pre-purchase inspection can prevent lots of headaches, reports David Adams.

Try as we might to be emotionally detached, when most of us are looking to buy a house or an apartment, the property's overt attractiveness is often a big part of the appeal.But it's what we can't see - whether the home is structually sound, whether there is rising damp in the walls and whether the wiring is up to standard, for example - that can cause the biggest headaches.

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PROFESSIONAL Pest Manager
February/March 2007

Hard nosed business relies on local software. Many people confuse the terms, "regimentation" and "discipline" and tend to use one when they mean the other.

Simon Dixon, owner and technical director of Melbourne based Exopest, understands the difference and knows which philosophy he values most highly: strive for excellence.

Exopest was formed in July 1985 when four pest managers, Simon Dixon, Laurie Agan, Bob Rennie and Greg Donnison, left Antipest (formerly Rentokil) to strkie out on their own.

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Herald Sun
September 23, 2006

Termites early on the bite
HOME owners face millions of dollars of damage from an early attack of termites.

Warmer weather and drought conditions have brought termite season froward this year.

And authorities have revealed Melbourne's six worst suburbs for termite infestation.

One in five homes in Wantirna, Newport, Monbulk, Armadale, Frankstone and Greensborough has a termite problem, building advisory service...

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THE SUNDAY AGE
May 28, 2006

Eaten away by non-existent problem
Termites are attacking the suburbs but some councils won't admit it, writes Clay Lucas.

VICTORIA'S termite problem has become so bad the whole state could be designated termite prone, a move that could push up new home prices.

The building Commission, the state government body that oversees building laws, is investigating the alarmingly high levels of termite attacks in the state. Each council has the legal discretion to declare a termite proble.

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