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Thugs to end up in a hole

By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THE region’s top cop has warned that police are taking a hard line on the “arseholes” who afflict family violence. Assistant...

Heart of Asian industry

By CASEY NEILL “TODAY is the start of a different story for manufacturing in this country, and it all starts here in Dandenong.” With...

Making connections

By CASEY NEILL WELLSPRINGS for Women welcomes more than 200 people through its doors each week. The Dandenong organisation’s manager Veronica Hassett said many...

Shame in sight

By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A SPRINGVALE disability advocate has named-and-shamed another restaurant that allegedly refused him entry because he had a guide dog. Twanny Farrugia...

Minister pops in for tablet centre launch

By CASEY NEILL SYMBION has officially opened its new $40 million pharmaceutical distribution centre. The 12,000 square metre Atlantic Drive site will service more...

Truck funds help carry heavy load

By CASEY NEILL A DANDENONG business has raised $16,000 to tackle family violence. Prestige Hino presented the donation to Windermere Child and Family Services...

Right to vote

By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS YOUR voice belongs to you. That’s the simple, vital message that Keysborough’s ‘democracy ambassador’ Nyandeng Ayul has for would-be state election...

Walk away from war

By LACHLAN MOORHEAD MARAMA Kufi knows the toll that inevitably comes with conflict. The 46-year-old Ethiopian refugee looks away as he recounts the civil...

Gaming venue comes up trumps

SPRINGVALE gaming venue Highways has won a state award. It took home the award for the best metropolitan gaming venue with more than 51 electronic...

Good deeds get set to sprout

SPRINGVALE Rise Primary School students have planted the seeds for community growth. The school’s Community Hub has established raised vegetable gardens at its campus in...

Voices are raised against alcohol violence

THE Australasian College for Emergency Medicine this month added its ‘loud’ voice to the Australian Medical Association and scores of other groups including Dalgarno...

Car fire body found

A MAN’S body was found in a burned-out car in Dawn Avenue, Dandenong South, on Thursday morning in what police deemed as “non-suspicious” circumstances. A...

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Care-leaver died in ‘unsafe’ house

A state coroner has called for greater focus on "safe and stable" transitional housing for youth leaving the care of the State after the...

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