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Missing boy’s body found
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THE body of a three-year-old Doveton boy has been recovered from Dandenong Creek this afternoon. Isnael Baqaie was found near Greens Road,…
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The carpark kid
SPRINGVALE police helped to deliver a baby in the station car park this morning. A Springvale couple were on their way to hospital when the…
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Why be a pirate – because we aargh!
KIDS can walk the plank in pirate gear this weekend in a best-dressed contest with a twist. Intrapac’s Somerfield estate in Keysborough off Perry Road…
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Students show they’re panel beaters!
By CASEY NEILL HAND Brake Turn students are used to repairing cars, but have been cutting them apart in the name of safety. On 28…
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Campaign’s steady progress
FOR the past month, Dandenong Journal’s Give Us A Hand campaign has backed Greater Dandenong Council’s push for more federal resources to help asylum seekers.…
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Human face of political feuding
By CASEY NEILL A SPRINGVALE church leader says the community needs a reminder that refugees and asylum seekers are people too. The Reverend Paul Creasey…
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Traumatic journeys
By CASEY NEILL “OVERALL, it’s a grim picture.” Dr Philip Hammond says refugees and asylum seekers battle three stages of trauma in their bid for…
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Bikers bust-up
By CASEY NEILL MOTORCYCLISTS are slamming a Greater Dandenong Highway Patrol bike safety crackdown, saying they’re being targeted unfairly. Senior Sergeant Scott Roberts told the…
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One punch lands life-long blow
By BRIDGET COOK NOBLE Park resident Ben Thompson understands better than anyone how one punch can change someone’s life. One punch left him fighting for…
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You’ll be right, mate, just get the lingo
By CASEY NEILL IT’S up to migrant jobseekers to understand the nuances of Australian workplaces, according to Aaron Mashano. The African-born CEO of Dandenong employment…
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Ice’s growing chill
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS Ice is overtaking heroin as one of the favoured drugs in culturally and linguistically diverse communities and is destroying families, according to…
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Arrests after drugs raid
POLICE made two arrests following a drug raid in Dandenong North late last month. Dandenong Tasking Unit members executed a drugs warrant at an address…
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