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Report calls for diversity
CITY of Greater Dandenong says its workers reflect the area’s cultural diversity – but is it diverse enough to meet a new culture quota? The…
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Furniture business warning
CONSUMER Affairs Victoria has issued an alert against a Dandenong-based furniture business. The consumer watchdog said it had received a “disproportionately high” number of customer…
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Bitter sweet muffins
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THERE’S been a sweet and delicious recent discovery of a feijoa tree in the garden of historic Dandenong property Heritage Hill. Its…
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Booze park cleaned up
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG Park is shedding its reputation as a drinking ghetto, according to Greater Dandenong councillors. Mayor Jim Memeti said public drinking problems…
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Look out for neighbours
GREATER Dandenong Neighbourhood Watch is holding a daytime meeting for the first time. It will hold its usual public forum from 7.30pm on 21 May,…
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A moment with Marg Stork
Dandy Pig brings bacon home As my first husband, Ron Stork, was a third generation of his family – grandfather, father and brother – to…
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Seniors keep their memory in mind
SPRINGVALE seniors shared food and stories from their homelands last week, with memory in mind. Alzheimer’s Australia Victoria held the Tastes to Remember event at…
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Kebab killers’ challenge
IRON-GUT contestants are set to embark on an unthinkable, and perhaps unsinkable, solo challenge – to eat a monstrous 1.6-kilogram, 16-inch kebab. Four real-estate agents…
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Generous soul
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS Church praises fire victim’s generosity… A SPRINGVALE grandmother who was found dead in her fire-gutted unit has been remembered for her generosity…
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Streets get rubbished
By CASEY NEILL RUBBISH is littering central Dandenong streets – and its residents are responsible. Amelia Poole travels streets between Cleeland and Stud roads on…
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Comedy class of her own
By CASEY NEILL COMEDIAN Tegan Higginbotham credits a Cleeland Secondary College teacher with setting her career path which has put her on television screens across…
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A dream 20 years in the making
By CASEY NEILL IT’S 20 years since Springvale and Dandenong became the City of Greater Dandenong. A new civic precinct in Dandenong has been touted…
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