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Taste of success
By CASEY NEILL A SPRINGVALE apprentice chef has triumphed in the kitchen and the classroom. Hoang Le won the Outstanding Apprentice Student award at the…
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Culture of unemployment
By CASEY NEILL GENERATIONAL unemployment is on the horizon for Greater Dandenong if employers and workers don’t change their attitudes This was the message from…
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Cut above the rest
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG nurse Amanda du Toit shaved her head to support cancer research this month – for the fifth time. “I started working…
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Fashion statement
MINARET College has joined a world-wide movement to help people better understand the hijab. Students took part in a World Hijab Day event at the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…