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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 voters.…
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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 war…
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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…
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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…
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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 Institute…
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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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Ice user’s violence remorse on way to nine months’ jail
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS AN ICE-user has been jailed for nine months for striking and detaining his partner in their Noble Park home while he was…
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IT cash is on the desktop table
GREATER Dandenong kinders have shared more than $41,000 in grants. The State Government spread IT and minor infrastructure grants across nine kindergartens and pre-schools. Dandenong…
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New residents care to be there
SOME of Greater Dandenong’s newest residents have enjoyed a picnic in the park. CatholicCare held the multicultural youth and families sports day at Dandenong Park…
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Race day fire cause
INVESTIGATORS have blamed an electrical fault for the fire which left Sandown Racecourse grandstand cordoned off for the Guineas race day. The blaze broke out…
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Employment centre vow
THE Liberal Party has pledged to build an employment and training centre in Dandenong if it wins Saturday’s State Election. The Work and Learning Centre…
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Ghetto fears
SPRINGVALE South residents fear a “ghetto” would eventuate from a five-unit development on a single block in their court. City of Greater Dandenong councillors rejected…