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Former Warriors back for flag triumph
By ROY WARD GREATER Dandenong Warriors women almost missed the Hockey Victoria season due to a shortage of players. Then coach Shane Hammond, assistant coach…
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Anti-terror raids: Aimless youth, 'wild ideas' and a trail
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS AN Islamic centre in Springvale South raided by police in an anti-terror operation has been described as a small group of young…
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Dorotea's off to build a future
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS COMMERCE student Dorotea Horina has some of the world’s biggest problems on her mind as she travels from Dandenong North to Geneva.…
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Crowds up: Sticky start to Sandown success
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS ORGANISERS are boasting about a surge in crowds for last weekend’s Sandown 500 despite a sticky start to Sunday. Sandown Raceway manager…
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No escape in Dandenong
ILLEGAL drivers had no place to hide during a state highway patrol blitz in Dandenong last Wednesday and Thursday. As part of Operation Road Bia,…
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More job cuts feared at TAFE
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS CHISHOLM Institute staff and the Australian Education Union fear the price of ongoing funding cuts at the institute will be more than…
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New Dandenong plant to treat contaminated soil
A SECOND contaminated soil treatment plant will be built in the Dandenong area. Renex Group chief executive Peter Mirkov announced works were set to start…
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Cops confront spike in domestic violence
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS FAMILY assaults are regarded by police as extremely serious — so much so that Greater Dandenong police sergeant Ally Howard sees her…
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Dome is where the stars are
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS BUDDING astronomers have a chance to reach for the stars in an inflatable planetarium during Greater Dandenong’s inaugural children’s festival. The ‘Cosmodome’…
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Getting the message through
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG-based businessman Craig Membrey is set to make a documentary to try to stop teen suicides. Mr Membrey’s 17-year-old son Rowan died…
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Anti-terror raids: 'Too much time on their hands'
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS AN Islamic centre in Springvale South raided by police in an anti-terror operation has been described as a ‘‘small group of young…
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An app a day, every day
A SLIGSHOT that has birds flying through the air smashing into pigs. A samurai sword the slices and dices fruit. Simple ideas. Big money. But among…