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Greater Dandenong refugee programs get $3m
More than $3 million has been allocated to refugee and migrant settlement programs in Greater Dandenong. The federal grants were shared by Southern Migrant and Refugee…
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Sandown 500 crowds up
Organisers are boasting about a surge in crowds for this month’s Sandown 500 despite a sticky start to the event’s final day. Sandown Raceway manager…
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Saigon Square a Greater Dandenong poll issue
Four Vietnamese candidates are making the Saigon Square-naming controversy a campaign issue in next month’s Greater Dandenong Council election. Incumbent councillor Loi Truong, Minh Tran,…
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Car flips after Stud Road Dandenong crash
A man had a miraculous escape when his car flipped over outside Dandenong’s Chisholm TAFE last Friday morning. It is believed the man was driving…
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Deni's soccer star continues to shine
By ROY WARD RISING Dandenong soccer star Deni Kulas will represent Victoria for the second straight year at the national youth championships in Coffs Harbour…
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Devoted to teaching
By MARG STORK MISS Thelma Rose Black enjoyed a distinguished teaching career of 40 years. She will be remembered as a staff member of one…
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Student assaulted in toilets
A 25-year-old female student with Down syndrome is alleged to have been sexually assaulted by a male student in disabled toilets at Chisholm Institute of…
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Marathon to help find brainstem tumour cure
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS FOR an Endeavour Hills-based charity, the 42-kilometre Melbourne Marathon is a personal mission to find a cure to a cruel childhood cancer.…
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Greater Dandenong Sings community choir.
Greater Dandenong Sings community choir, run by non-profit group Creativity Australia, aims to use singing to break down barriers and improve health in Greater Dandenong.…
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Election time in Greater Dandenong
In the lead-up to next month’s council elections the Weekly requires all letters and comments on municipal issues submitted for publication, whether online or in…
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Hallam speedsters frighten families
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS THERE’S a section of Nettle Drive in Hallam that could be a perfect design for a racing car circuit: a 200-metre straight…
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Pay cuts loom as TAFE crisis escalates
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS CHISHOLM Institute has not responded to claims of secret plans to put staff on vastly lower pay and conditions. As reported by…