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Playgroup learns how to seriously play
By CASEY NEILL A DANDENONG North playgroup has the state’s best team at its helm. Rosswood Playgroup won the Community Committee of the Year title…
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Sum of its parts
By CASEY NEILL MICHAEL Ryan’s name will no longer appear on the accounting firm he started almost 30 years ago. But he couldn’t be happier.…
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Group’s burning determination
By GARRY HOWE A FIRE lit in the conscience of more than 100 community leaders across Greater Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia as part of…
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Religions are united in respect
GREATER Dandenong’s faith and spiritual leaders are uniting against family violence. The municipality’s interfaith network members are promoting equality and respect toward women. Equality…
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Messages make their mark
By CASEY NEILL GENDER-BASED violence will spend 16 days in the spotlight in Dandenong. Southern Melbourne Integrated Family Violence Partnership will start #16DaysDandy on…
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More than a black eye
FAMILY violence may not be what many people think it is. Head of the Casey Family Violence Unit (CFVU) Sergeant Ian Lane said control…
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A life lived with abuse
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS HOME has been a house of horrors for ‘Neeti’ both as a child and as a wife. At 65, the Noble…
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None Of Our Business But…
IT SEEMS hard to get a drink of water these days. A burglar fled from a vacated, heavily fire-damaged home when police arrived, Dandenong Magistrates’…
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Men still behaving badly
THE man accused of more than 6000 intervention order breaches can’t believe he’s in court. He’s already told the police that the charges are…
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New bus routes in a jam
By CASEY NEILL BUS routes proposed for Keysborough South have serious flaws, say campaigners. About 40 residents attended a Public Transport Victoria (PTV) information session…
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‘Anti-Aussie’ migrant coup
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A SELF-described ‘Migrant Team’ has staged an anti-“Australian” coup during a rare board spill at a south-east based migrant resource centre. Southern…
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Our service delivery came by cart
Jack Johnson is the author of When the Clock Strikes, a fascinating account of growing up in Dandenong, his years tending to the city’s pipes…