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  • The need for work

    The need for work

    By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS TALK to any charity worker in Greater Dandenong – they’ll tell you that giving work rights to asylum seekers would solve many…

  • Refugee data plan

    Refugee data plan

    By NARELLE COULTER A DATABASE to centralise and co-ordinate community assistance for refugees and asylum seekers will be one idea put forward at a special…

  • Legal access denied: claim

    By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A PROMINENT asylum-seeker lawyer has accused the Federal Government of deliberately denying legal access to asylum-seekers. Greg Barns, asylum-seeker spokesman for Australian…

  • AMES, above and beyond

    By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS MIGRANT settlement service AMES has gone above and beyond its portion of government funding to activate house-bound and bored asylum seekers. Some…

  • Advice from employers

    YOUNG jobseekers can get advice from employers at a forum in Dandenong next month. The South East Local Learning and Employment Network (SELLEN) will hold…

  • Goodbye, Mr Duff

    Goodbye, Mr Duff

    By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS IT WAS a fittingly celebratory farewell for Wallarano Primary School’s long-standing principal David Duff last month. In a special assembly on 25…

  • Marking a century

    Marking a century

    THE Naval Association of Australia’s Dandenong branch marked 100 years since World War I began with a ceremony in Noble Park on Sunday. A wreath-laying…

  • $11.5m pledge

    $11.5m pledge

    By CASEY NEILL KEYSBOROUGH College will receive $11.5 million toward completing its upgrade if Labor wins power in the November state election. Principal Heather Lindsay…

  • Police visit hot spots

    Police visit hot spots

    RESIDENTS in burglary hot spots will soon receive a visit from police. Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia are part of a Victoria Police pilot that will…

  • Clubs get together

    Clubs get together

    By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG’S oldest bowls club and its neighbouring croquet club in Dandenong Park are set to start talks to potentially ensure both survive…

  • Police nab muggers

    Police nab muggers

    By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS QUICK actions from Dandenong and Springvale police have led to the chase-down and arrest of six mugging suspects. Detective Senior Constable Kane…

  • Leader passes

    Leader passes

    By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FORMER Dandenong mayor Dave Kelly has been remembered for leadership that forged the way for Dandenong’s showcase basketball stadium and successful national…

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