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Three years jail for pursuits
By CASEY NEILL YOU can run from police, but you can’t hide. This was the warning from Greater Dandenong Highway Patrol Senior Sergeant Scott Roberts…
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Brazen thief turfs driver
A THIEF has stolen a car while its owner was stopped at traffic lights in Dandenong. The Carnegie driver, 25, was at the intersection of…
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Study club celebrations
MORE than 150 Dandenong U3A members and guests celebrated the club’s 20th birthday at a lunch last week. They dined at Waltzing Matilda to kick…
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Rail boost eases crush
GREATER Dandenong train passengers should have more room to move in coming years. The State Government last Friday announced a $2-2.5 billion rail project to…
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’Azum’ comes clean
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A GRAFFITI vandal convicted for tagging a railway station car park and an early learning centre has been told he wouldn’t last…
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Dawn robbery at knifepoint
A MAN was robbed at knifepoint in a dawn attack in Dandenong on 3 February. Police last week released an image of a man they…
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Ice dad escapes jail
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A FORMERLY “law-abiding” father in the midst of an ‘ice’ addiction lost his 25-year marriage, his job, assaulted his daughter and became…
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A childhood fascination with trains still lingers
My fascination with trains began when I was a child when my late father Rowland Archer of ‘Ryecroft’ Lyndhurst took me in his spring cart…
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Education key to empower women
NARELLE COULTER A BUSINESS breakfast in Dandenong to celebrate International Women’s Day was reminded that there is still a large disparity in the opportunities faced…
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Building rates as a green star
A KEYSBOROUGH industrial building is the first in Australia to register for a Green Star – Performance rating. Australand developed the 27,000 square metre Keysborough…
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Around the world for market shoppers
DANDENONG Market shoppers took a trip around the globe on Sunday – with no need for a passport. This year’s free Dandenong World Fare featured…
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Batting breaks down barriers
POLICE officers and indigenous community members faced off in a cricket match at Dandenong Showgrounds on Sunday. Local indigenous worker David Dryden initiated the event…