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They’re wild about Harry
By CASEY NEILL A DANDENONG North fashion student’s collection earned some valuable fans last week. Harry Katakouzinos, 21, received the Best Runway Collection award at…
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More police hit the roads
By CASEY NEILL POLICE will spend an extra 120 hours on Greater Dandenong roads this festive season. Operation Invincible kicked off last weekend and is…
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Just don’t call them “old”
By CAMERON LUCADOUWELLS THEY’RE certainly not a bad group of ‘old bastards’. In fact, the self-titled International Order of Old Bastards (IOOB) are something closer…
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Keys to their past
By GAVIN BYRT YEAR 5 and 6 students at Mt Hira College have been learning about the history of Keysborough with the help of someone…
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College students aim high
By CASEY NEILL NOBLE Park Secondary College is celebrating its 2013 dux, Allison Nguyen. She achieved an ATAR score of 92.8, with classmate Stephanie Yung…
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Wulff resigns Ipswich post
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS FORMER Greater Dandenong chief executive Carl Wulff has resigned from his position on a Queensland city council during an investigation into alleged…
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Hospital accused of fudging numbers
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS ALLEGED data-fudging at Dandenong Hospital’s emergency department is hiding short-staffing and a lack of beds, says the Victorian Emergency Physician Association. According…
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Heartless thieves steal wheelchair
THIEVES stole a wheelchair and football memorabilia from a disabled Dandenong man’s home last month. Police believe the thieves smashed a lounge room window to…
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The word is getting out
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A VICTORIA Legal Aid program has found many women from new and emerging communities were victims of family violence but not ready…
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Too good to be true?
THE air-conditioner was meant to be installed before Svetla Nikolova’s 60th birthday. She and her retired husband had been saving for months to replace their…
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More secret probing?
GREATER Dandenong councillor Maria Sampey claims the council has launched a second “secret probe” into her matters, soon after she took stress leave over an…
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Winning eco-friendly industrial park
DANDENONG LOGIS has transformed a contaminated, disused site into an environmental showpiece. The 154-hectare industrial business park has received this year’s Urban Development Institute of…