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Dealership celebrates
PATTERSON Cheney is celebrating 30 years in Dandenong. The head office on Cheltenham Road employs about 170 people and the company has about 450 staff…
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Emotions show real intelligence
WHEN someone yells at Dr Barbara Penson she suffers a physiological reaction. The aggression inherent in yelling reminds the principal of Catalyst Management Consultants of…
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Sampey reads and slams report
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS “THEY tried to catch two sharks and came up with tadpoles.” That was Greater Dandenong councillor Maria Sampey’s conclusion after reading an…
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Brigade bridges the barriers
By CASEY NEILL Caption: First Lieutenant Terence Sanford leads multicultural education on fire in the Noble Park community. NOBLE Park Fire Brigade is going above…
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Plates blitz
POLICE nabbed more than 39 drivers during a number-plate sting on the Dandenong Bypass. They ran the automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) operation on 6…
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Family ‘set upon’ by dogs
By CASEY NEILL A SPRINGVALE man, 38, ordered his two dogs to attack a couple after he knocked them to the ground, police allege. Greater…
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Cleary stuns crowd
By CASEY NEILL ANTI-VIOLENCE campaigner Phil Cleary stunned a packed Drum Theatre to silence on Tuesday. He spoke passionately about his sister’s violent death following…
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Mayor opts out of state race
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong mayor Jim Memeti has ruled himself out of the preselection race for retiring Dandenong MP John Pandazopoulos’s seat. Cr Memeti,…
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‘Panda’ steps down
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG MP John Pandazopoulos is stepping down from State Parliament. The 50-year-old Australian Labor Party member today announced that he would not…
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Challenge the bad behaviour
As a young constable who commenced his journey with Victoria Police 27 years ago family violence wasn’t on my radar. My focus, as was the…
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Win for disabled lobby
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS PEOPLE with a disability and their advocates’ fervent wishes for a greater say at Greater Dandenong Council may come true at tonight’s…
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Dealer golf day donation
GREATER Dandenong businesses have helped raise $15,500 to support families in need. Prestige Hino presented a cheque to Windermere Child and Family Services this month,…