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  • Build a country fit for diggers

    Build a country fit for diggers

    By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS THE best way to remember Diggers is to “build a country” they would have wanted, a crowd at a Remembrance Day ceremony…

  • Offside family violence

    Offside family violence

    By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS BLOKES, competing fiercely on the soccer field, will be leading the charge to extinguish family violence off the field. On Sunday, 13…

  • Accolade for engagement

    Accolade for engagement

    DANDENONG’S revitalised Lonsdale Street has picked up a national award. The collaboration between landscape architecture and urban design firm TCL and BKK Architects won the…

  • Confessional “dilemma” still a risk

    Confessional “dilemma” still a risk

    By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS DOVETON Catholic priest Michael Shadbolt says he faces a “moral dilemma” on whether to report child sex abuse uncovered during a confessional.…

  • Robot warriors

    Robot warriors

    STUDENTS from “a little school in Dandenong North” have designed, built and programmed a LEGO robot and are now set to pit their creation against…

  • Cost of racism

    By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS YOUNG job-seekers in Greater Dandenong are changing their names on their resumes to overcome race discrimination from employers. At a young migrant…

  • Don’t run the gauntlet

    “YOU can run the gauntlet on Heatherton Road, but it’s just a case of when you’ll get picked up.” This was the warning from Greater…

  • Teachers learn how to build careers

    Teachers learn how to build careers

    By CASEY NEILL MANUFACTURERS in Melbourne’s south-east need young workers to bolster their ageing workforce, and high youth unemployment continues to trouble the region. “Those…

  • City to find its Christmas cheer

    By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong’s festive street decorations have “lost the feel for Christmas”, says councillor John Kelly. This year, the council will spend nearly…

  • Rye service captures hearts

    Rye service captures hearts

    By CASEY NEILL POLISH Rye Crust Bakery brings a taste of Poland to Dandenong. Last Tuesday owners Hanna and Andrew Lipiszko took home the Central…

  • Company hero praised

    Company hero praised

    By CASEY NEILL A member of staff who saved a vital piece or equipment from being destroyed as a factory fire burned around him has…

  • Amanda’s warmth pervades market

    Amanda’s warmth pervades market

    Amanda Bevan, marketing manager, at the busy, four-days-a-week Dandenong Market is a talented, friendly “people person”, well suited to her responsible role. She treats stallholders…

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