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Afghans negotiate health maze
By CASEY NEILL VOLUNTEERS are helping Afghan refugees to unravel Australia’s complicated health system. The South Eastern Melbourne Medicare Local (SEMML) Afghan Community Team received…
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Drugs are rampant
By CASEY NEILL GREATER Dandenong has experienced the largest increase in drug offences in the state, latest Victoria Police figures show. There were 1152 drug…
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Right call for jobs
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS DON’T answer your phone in a job interview – better still, leave it outside. It’s simple advice but not so easy for…
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Thunder denial
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG Thunder will plead not guilty to misconduct charges leveled against club associates after the alleged abuse of a young female referee…
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Girl disturbs burglar
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD girl woke to find a burglar in the lounge room of her Noble Park home. Police said a man entered the Vallota Crescent…
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Sailor sees out half century
By CASEY NEILL RON Kennedy joined the Dandenong Naval Association of Australia branch at a community meeting in a Hemmings Street hall on 8 May…
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More leave for Sampey
COUNCILLOR Maria Sampey hasn’t attended a council meeting since October. In early November she took stress leave and lodged a WorkCover claim against the City…
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Culture of charity
NOBLE Park Secondary College has highlighted its cultural diversity and raised more than $580 for charity. Principal Pam Dyson was proud to witness the variety…
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Sport plan for green wedge
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong Council has left open plans for Keysborough Golf Club to develop a “golf and community multi-sport precinct” in the green…
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City of industry?
By CASEY NEILL A PLAN to soften Dandenong’s “industrial feel” sparked intense debate at last Monday’s City of Greater Dandenong council meeting. It centred on…
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Australian first for Pinelodge
DANDENONG’S St John of God Pinelodge Clinic has achieved an Australian first. The drug, alcohol and mental health centre has received the National Mental Health…
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Off the block
By CASEY NEILL DEBATE over “residential growth” at last week’s council meeting ended in a knockback for a Dandenong apartment block. The applicant proposed a…
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