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Mentor’s road to enlightenment
Susan Anderson has logged about 700 hours behind the wheel as a learner driver mentor. As a volunteer with the Jesuit Social Services’ L2P program,…
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Great deeds on the pitch
A pioneering free football clinic is attracting 50 young players a week from across the South East, with dreams to expand further. In a matter…
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Violence forum aims to connect
Women in much of the South East feel less safe than the state average, says the organiser of a forum on preventing violence against women.…
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Moves to sack Liberal candidate
The Liberal Party is moving to dump its Isaacs candidate Jeremy Hearn over a series of reported online anti-Muslim rants. A party spokesperson said on…
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Home ambush by Facebook ‘sellers’
A man has been ambushed in his home by ‘sellers’ purporting to sell him a phone over Facebook. After responding to the Facebook ‘for sale’…
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Man stabbed by boarding-house robbers
A 44-year-old man has been stabbed by four male intruders in his room at a boarding house in Power Street, Dandenong. During the intrusion, the…
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Two males wanted over road-rage stabbing
Police remain on the hunt for two males involved in the road-rage stabbing of a 43-year-old man in Doveton on 10 April. The victim critically…
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Early ANZAC service draws a crowd
Despite the threat of rain, around 200 people joined the Noble Park RSL Sub-branch on Sunday April 21 to commemorate ANZAC Day. The sub-branch usually…
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Anzac’s popularity swells
A massive turnout at Dandenong’s Anzac Day service was regarded as one of the biggest in recent times. The service at the Pillars of Freedom…
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Women splashed with acid
Two women have been hospitalised after having a substance, reportedly an acid, thrown on them in Endeavour Hills. The victims, aged 29 and 44, had…
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Stray cat-astrophe
Greater Dandenong Council has put a pause on trapping stray and feral cats during ‘kitten season’ due to a shortage of space at the region’s…
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Bureks warm bellies and hearts
Twenty years ago the burek – a popular Bosnian crisp layered pastry filled with piping-hot ricotta cheese, beef and cheese or spinach and cheese –…