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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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$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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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