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In a home free from fear
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS AFTER a protracted five year legal battle, a Sri Lankan Tamil boy living in Dandenong North has finally won the right to…
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Actor’s super cycle out of the boobie trap
By CASEY NEILL SAMUEL Johnson remembers venturing out to Dandenong as an impressionable teen to watch “the best rapper ever”. The actor had to watch…
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Curry in a hurry
By CASEY NEILL STUDENTS at St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School brought a swashbuckling pirate tale to the stage last week. Comedy musical Pirates of the…
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Road honour
By CASEY NEILL THE Grenda name will once again take pride of place in central Dandenong – and Ken Grenda couldn’t be happier. “It’s an…
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Labor holds on despite big swings
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS LOCAL Labor MPs have lost government but held their seats despite a strong pro-Liberal surge, higher than the national average, in Saturday’s…
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Journal down memory lane
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS THIS week marks a new era for the Journal, Dandenong’s oldest newspaper, as it returns to its traditional tabloid size. Last year,…
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Decade of advantage
By CASEY NEILL BERRY Street School started with 20 students in a humble Noble Park factory a decade ago. Today it’s at the cutting edge…
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Relay brings fresh hope
JODI Seaman first signed up for the Greater Dandenong Relay for Life to honour her grandmother. The 23-strong Anna Maria’s Angels walked through the night…
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Arena’s a beauty winner
By CASEY NEILL LISA Arena signed up for a beauty course to finally do something for herself. The Springvale 41-year-old left school to work at…
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Show well covered since inception
THE Dandenong Journal has reported on the progress, successes and disappointments of the iconic Dandenong Show since its inception in 1871. Dandenong Agricultural and Pastoral…
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Tactical crackdown on crime
By BRIDGET SCOTT POLICE hope that a new community initiative will empower the public and keep people’s prized possessions safer. Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius last…
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Centre gets a lift
By CAMERON LUCADOUWELLS THE overseers of the ambitious Revitalising Central Dandenong project envisage a bright future for the precinct. Greater Dandenong Business managers Paul Kearsley…