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Free NBN narrows ‘digital divide’
A year of free National Broadband Network (NBN) service is being offered to families without internet. The Federal Government’s $4.5 million School Student Broadband Initiative…
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Hub’s timeline recedes
Fears are rising that Greater Dandenong Council is set to further delay its Dandenong Community Hub project. On 20 March, councillors were set to be…
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Family reunited after painful saga
After months in painful exile from her son, Cambodian mother Channa can finally smile again. Reunited in Springvale, she marvels how much 7-year-old Alex has…
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Mum jailed for Medicare fraud
A receptionist at a Noble Park North medical clinic has been jailed after defrauding more than $180,000 from Medicare. Sarah Naomi Ward, 31, pleaded guilty…
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School riders fall in the ‘gaps’
The numbers of bicycle riders are on the rise post Covid in Greater Dandenong but gaps remain in the bike-riding network. According to Garry Brennan…
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Tax office jobs in Dandenong
The Australian Taxation Office has announced job opportunities for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples at its Dandenong office. Under its Evergreen Program, 150 vacancies…
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Get Active Get Moving
A Get Active Get Moving campaign coincides with Ride2School on 24 March encourages schools to use healthier and active source of transportation to and from…
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Ramadan Kareem
Ramadan Mubarak/ Ramadan Kareem Ramadan is one of the most important and holiest months in the Islamic calendar. The Islamic calendar is based on the…
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Crossing danger
A Greater Dandenong councillor has pleaded for action to reverse the shocking toll of pedestrian fatalities in the municipality. Fifteen pedestrians have been killed in…
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Social housing scarcity
An increasing number of Victorians are being smashed by the rental crisis, with new analysis revealing asking weekly rents have increased by more than $100…
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Out of the box
A nationwide timber shortage didn’t stop one suburban family, who decided their solution to the shortage would be to just make the timber themselves. The…
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Let Nawroz begin
This year’s Nawroz festival will be bigger and better according to Victorian Afghan Association Network (VAAN). The festival is set for Sunday 19 March from…
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