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Letters to the Editor, Dandenong Journal
Green wedge: Councillors reject call to resign Well, at least they were given the opportunity. This is a much bigger issue than the Greater Dandenong…
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Hospital ignored security warning: nurses
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG Hospital has failed to implement safety recommendations made two years ago, leading to ongoing staff concerns, the nursing union claims. Nurses…
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Anzac collector unbowed by brazen theft
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS LORRAINE Laughton was unbowed after being cruelly robbed of her handbag and her car while collecting for the Anzac Appeal at Endeavour…
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Filthy on 'eyesore' beside Cheltenham Road
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS PLACES Victoria and Greater Dandenong Council are being urged to remove an “eyesore” of weedy soil heaps outside a housing estate ‘gateway’…
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Pharmacy robbed in Dandenong
An man armed with a knife held up a pharmacy in Stud Road, Dandenong, on Sunday, April 21. The man, described as aged between 30-35…
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Anzac spirit honoured from Dandenong to Gallipoli
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS NOTHING compares to marking Anzac Day at Gallipoli, says Greater Dandenong mayor — and current tourist in Turkey — Angela Long. What’s…
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War service that was never meant to be
By CASEY NEILL GEOFFREY Charters joined the Air Force at age of 18 and fought in Borneo during World War II – but his service…
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Honour the dead and help the damaged
By CASEY NEILL THE Vietnam veterans’ motto is ‘Honour the dead, but fight like hell for the living’. It’s a mantra Noble Park RSL president…
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Scars apart, ’best thing ever’
By CASEY NEILL “YOU’D be six weeks without even taking your boots off, and when you did, your feet’d just bleed. “No blisters or holes…
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Final resting places
By CASEY NEILL PRIVATE Bernard Haines was just 14 years old when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1916. He was 15 when…
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Memorial to the defeated
By CASEY NEILL ANDY Nguyen went from lawyer to fruit picker when he escaped to Australia after the Vietnam War. The 66-year-old completed his law…
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High time for path report
By CASEY NEILL A NOBLE Park mound is creating heated debate over aged and disability access via a sloping footpath. Councillor Maria Sampey at Monday…
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