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Thugs to end up in a hole
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THE region’s top cop has warned that police are taking a hard line on the “arseholes” who afflict family violence. Assistant Commissioner…
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Heart of Asian industry
By CASEY NEILL “TODAY is the start of a different story for manufacturing in this country, and it all starts here in Dandenong.” With these…
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Making connections
By CASEY NEILL WELLSPRINGS for Women welcomes more than 200 people through its doors each week. The Dandenong organisation’s manager Veronica Hassett said many of…
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Shame in sight
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A SPRINGVALE disability advocate has named-and-shamed another restaurant that allegedly refused him entry because he had a guide dog. Twanny Farrugia launched…
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Minister pops in for tablet centre launch
By CASEY NEILL SYMBION has officially opened its new $40 million pharmaceutical distribution centre. The 12,000 square metre Atlantic Drive site will service more than…
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Truck funds help carry heavy load
By CASEY NEILL A DANDENONG business has raised $16,000 to tackle family violence. Prestige Hino presented the donation to Windermere Child and Family Services last…
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Right to vote
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS YOUR voice belongs to you. That’s the simple, vital message that Keysborough’s ‘democracy ambassador’ Nyandeng Ayul has for would-be state election voters.…
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Walk away from war
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD MARAMA Kufi knows the toll that inevitably comes with conflict. The 46-year-old Ethiopian refugee looks away as he recounts the civil war…
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Gaming venue comes up trumps
SPRINGVALE gaming venue Highways has won a state award. It took home the award for the best metropolitan gaming venue with more than 51 electronic…
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Good deeds get set to sprout
SPRINGVALE Rise Primary School students have planted the seeds for community growth. The school’s Community Hub has established raised vegetable gardens at its campus in…
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Voices are raised against alcohol violence
THE Australasian College for Emergency Medicine this month added its ‘loud’ voice to the Australian Medical Association and scores of other groups including Dalgarno Institute…
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Car fire body found
A MAN’S body was found in a burned-out car in Dawn Avenue, Dandenong South, on Thursday morning in what police deemed as “non-suspicious” circumstances. A…
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