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Award for mental health fight
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS “These two won’t take sh** from anybody.” Those were the words of endorsement from an awards selection panellist soon after Springvale couple…
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Petrol bomb attack
The hunt is on for a pair of vandals who threw a Molotov cocktail into a Dandenong back yard. Police said a man and woman…
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Parking rage
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A MAN has received a suspended jail sentence after parking in a disability car spot at a shopping centre and then pushing…
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Bill was on the level
Bill Brooks Born: 6 April 1914 Died: 8 January 2014 BILL BROOKS, who died three months short of his 100th birthday, was a man with…
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Exports to feed Asia demand
FOOD sector businesses in Greater Dandenong stand to “thrive” under a new export plan. South Eastern Metropolitan Region MP Gordon Rich-Phillips said the new Food…
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A service to the community
MY VOICE: A moment with Marg Stork I was saddened to hear of the death of one of Dandenong drop-in centre Cornerstone’s most dedicated workers…
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Walker shines light on fear
By CASEY NEILL IMAGINATION plus association equals possibility. It’s one of Max Walker’s favourite equations. “It’s a fancy way to say ‘linking the dots’,” he…
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Keeping up with the Joneses
By CASEY NEILL “GINGER Jones is what revitalising central Dandenong was all about.” Awards chairman James Sturgess cannot speak highly enough of the Lonsdale Street…
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Drive for knowledge
By CASEY NEILL JAMES Simonis has a thirst for knowledge even his teachers struggle to keep up with. His drive has earned him the 2013…
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CHEP bags top job
By CASEY NEILL THE Australian Government formed the Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool (CHEP) post-World War II. It was the handling system for defence surpluses, after…
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CHEP has community at heart
By CASEY NEILL CHEP moved into a purpose-built facility in Taylors Road, Dandenong South, in September 2008. Awards chairman James Sturgess said the project involved…
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Manufacturing maestro to go places
By CASEY NEILL CHOBANI set up its Australian manufacturing headquarters in Hammond Road, Dandenong South, in late 2012. They invested $36 million and constructed the…
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