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Elderly driver killed
A 72-year-old Dandenong woman died after her car crashed into the rear of a stationary bus in Clow Street, Dandenong, last Monday. The woman’s car…
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ABC’s Q&A in Dandenong
The ABC’s live political panel show Q&A will be filmed in Dandenong next Monday. A spokeswoman said the panel would include two politicians from the…
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‘Rolls-Royce’ piano and a top Drum note
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells Some of the state’s premier young musicians will be performing piano in the finale of the South Eastern Arts Festival at The…
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Netball comes to the opera
By Tara McGrath A unique arts partnership means Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs will get to experience a ‘netballer’s opera’ live on a netball court. Contact! The…
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Gathered in solemn Anzac tribute
HUNDREDS flocked to Anzac services at Noble Park and Springvale yesterday. The events were marked by traditional parades of veterans and solemn services, including the…
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Police net nabs drivers
Police impounded one vehicle and tested 11 drink drivers on Friday night as part of a large-scale random breath test operation in Springvale. Operation SAS…
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Joining many cultures under shed roof
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A BENEFACTOR is needed to provide a roof for a pioneering Men’s Shed in Springvale. The shed will be different to other…
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Project flags court settlement reform
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WHAT DO YOU THINK? SCROLL TO BELOW THIS STORY TO POST A COMMENT. A TRIAL project at Dandenong Federal Magistrates Court has…
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Jam-packed as the last line of UK defence
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS AUSTRALIAN soldiers, posted for the last-ditch defence of England in World War II, were armed with little more than jam tins, beer…
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The hard road of drugs and mental illness
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS AS Daniel Keith is quick to tell his Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria clients, he has done the hard yards. Mr Keith, 26,…
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Marg Moments: The discovery of a missing gem
By Marg Stork THERE’S an interesting report in this month’s edition of Gipps-Land Gate, published by the Dandenong and District Historical Society. A report handed…
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Mental health warning signs
Health and Community Services Union assistant state secretary Paul Healey led mental health workers in a stopwork protest at Dandenong Hospital last Thursday. The protest…