Chess tournament is a better move
A SPRINGVALE Chinese chess group brings together lovers of the game and tackles problem gambling.
Councillor Sean O’Reilly said Xiangqi players from around Australia attended...
Motivated to inspire
By CASEY NEILL
A NOBLE Park film-maker is motivating people across Australia and the world.
Saba Karim, 27, studied film-making at university and had been working...
It’s race hate, mate
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
LOCAL African groups are worried that the federal government’s proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act may spur on hatreds laid bare...
Jail after cell attack
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A POLICE officer has an anxious three-month wait after being spat in the face and bitten on the arm by an accused...
Left speechless by new centre
By CASEY NEILL
A PACKED gallery witnessed the first official meeting in the new City of Greater Dandenong council chambers last Monday - and plenty...
Fatal medicine clash
By CASEY NEILL
DOVETON Medical Clinic has overhauled its records system after a patient died from conflicting medications.
Dandenong woman Margareta Snopek, 67, died at Dandenong...
Hospital security rules ‘misleading’
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A FAIR Work Commissioner has criticised Monash Health for "ambiguous" security policies that create a "significant conflict" for security officers dealing with...
Cooks rise in the kitchen
DANDENONG Market’s The Kitchen celebrated its first birthday last week with cake - and twice-cooked goat’s cheese soufflé.
Resident chef Russell Bald whipped up the...
Man faces water meter theft charges
A DOVETON man faces 57 charges over a string of water meter thefts in Greater Dandenong and Casey.
Greater Dandenong Tactical Anti-Crime Team (TACT) Constable...
Push for toxic dump closure
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
CITY of Greater Dandenong has backed mayor Jim Memeti’s motion to pressure the state government to close Lyndhurst toxic waste dump at...
Beware impacts of cultural values
YOUR COMMUNITY VOICE
Jose Gonsalves
African Communities Foundation Australia
WHEN the federal Attorney General George Brandis says: “People have the right to be bigots, you know” -...
Afghan flavours, freshness wows
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
RESTAURANT owner Baryalai Rahimi has two rules for cooking: simplicity and freshness.
For this reason, he forgoes the temptation of drowning his signature...