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Rita scales academic heights
Bachelor of Engineering Technology student Rita Karki’s journey is extraordinary. The Nepalese international student took time out of a busy exam period to accept the…
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Building state-of-the-art solutions
Innovation means different things to different people, says Advanced Robotics Australia’s operations general manager Robert Stojanovic. For his company, it’s providing something “new and exciting”.…
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Labor clean sweep
The Labor Government’s landslide win in the State Election has been mirrored in its Greater Dandenong heartland, which has now deepened in red. Premier Daniel…
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Positive stories to the fore
Poets, rappers and musicians helped to write a positive narrative at the South Sudanese Youth Festival in Dandenong on 17 November. It was brimming with…
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Velodrome should go: report
The Maurice Kirby Velodrome has been recommended for demolition ahead of a Greater Dandenong councillor vote on a future masterplan of Parkfield Reserve, Noble Park.…
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Green Wedge church rejected
A proposed Coptic Orthodox Church for up to 500 worshippers in Lyndhurst’s Green Wedge zone has been rejected by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.…
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The long road to end family violence
Jen Harwood believes family violence can be quelled within her lifetime. As a survivor, the 48-year-old motivational speaker uses her talents to confront what is…
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None should suffer alone
Jen Harwood shows that with time and courage a person can be freed from a violent relationship. As the key speaker, she delivered a raw,…
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Drug driver crashes way to jail
An unlicensed drug-driver in a stolen car who ploughed into a parked vehicle on Chandler Road, Noble Park has been jailed. Dario Skorjanec, 37, and…
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Dignity packs for women in need
A Dandenong funeral service is collecting donated handbags filled with essentials for women experiencing poverty, homelessness and family violence. White Lady Funerals is taking part…
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Violent ex-partner invades home
An ice-fuelled man and two accomplices have invaded his ex-partner’s house at 4am, brutally bashing her father and terrifying the ex-partner and her daughter, a…
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$9 million upgrade for ’sleep school’
The State Government has pledged $9 million to upgrade the parental Queen Elizabeth Centre in Noble Park. The centre would become one of seven sleep…