Model of United Nations
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
THE global stage was on show at Keysborough College’s Banksia campus in Springvale.
Year 10 and 11 students were turned into delegates, and...
Police seize weapons, drugs, stationery
By CASEY NEILL
A DRUG bust in Keysborough uncovered ice, a $2500 stationery stash, swords and machetes.
Police executed a search warrant at a Corrigan Road...
Budget repair and despair
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
REPAIRING the Federal Budget may have broken Shaunagh Stevens’ family budget.
The secretary of the Dandenong-based Disability Resources Centre is married with two...
Business tick for tax cut
By CASEY NEILL
GREATER Dandenong’s business community has welcomed the company tax cut in last week’s Federal Budget.
But there are concerns the 2014-’15 plan won’t...
Jobs wasteland
By CASEY NEILL
DANDENONG High students are missing out on support to find employment because work to complete its transformation from three schools to one...
Medicare Locals on the scrapheap
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
THE scrapping of Medicare Locals in last week’s Federal Budget has at least one positive, according to the Dandenong-based branch’s chairman.
Dr Nick...
Fighting grief
By CASEY NEILL
CHILDREN who’ve lost someone close to them often need special help.
Rainbows for the Children of Australia is offering a program in Keysborough...
When Cat meets Cat
KEYSBOROUGH Cats fan Lachlan, 11 months, looked a little apprehensive about meeting premiership player Tom Hawkins last Wednesday.
The Geelong Football Club forward posed for...
Cuts make life harder
By CASEY NEILL
CUTS to Gonski school funding will make life harder for struggling students, Dandenong North Primary principal Kevin Mackay says.
The Federal Government last...
Cranes can roll
CRANE operators will no longer need permits to travel on some Greater Dandenong Roads.
Roads Minister Terry Mulder last week announced easier access to 240...
Men attacked in boarding house
By CASEY NEILL
TWO men have attacked residents at a Dandenong boarding house, in their bedrooms.
Police said they entered the Hemmings Street house about 9.45pm...
Young tradie loan warning
By CASEY NEILL
NEW $20,000 Trade Support Loans could land young jobseekers in significant debt unless they receive more career path guidance.
This was the warning...