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Refugee youngsters having a ball
By ALECIA PINNER YOUNG Sudanese and Afghani refugees have spent 10 fun-filled weeks learning to play basketball in Dandenong North. The New Kids on the…
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My Voice: A moment with Marg
By MARG STORK LYNDHURST Halfway House has played important roles in the local community, not the least being the catalyst for the formation of Dandenong…
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Baa and Vu beaten, but sheer determination will go on
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS: clucadou-wells@mmpgroup.com.au – SEE: Vu Ho the fighter: Sheep, prison, Viet Cong, pirates SPRINGVALE refugee Vu Ho faces a $200,000-plus legal bill after…
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Dramatic build in Greater Dandenong council debt
By DANIEL TRAN GREATER Dandenong council expects to return to “acceptable” debt levels in five years, after revealing it borrowed $33 million in 2012-13 to…
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Thick wall saves woman as car heads into Dandenong North bedroom
By DANIEL TRAN: dtran@mmpgroup.com.au A DANDENONG North woman could have died when a car ploughed into her bedroom if the walls had not been double-brick, says…
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Monash Health needle-exchange staff fear job losses
By ALECIA PINNER: apinner@mmpgroup.com.au STAFF at Monash Health are fighting changes to the Dandenong and Springvale needle-exchange program which they fear could eliminate their jobs.…
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Simon Crean won't contest Hotham at election
By Richard Willingham, The Age LABOR party veteran Simon Crean has declared the past three years in the hung parliament the low point of his…
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Missing girl found
DANDENONG teen Jordana Lewis has been located safe and well. The 15-year-old returned home about 7pm last night (Thursday 27 June) after going missing from…
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My week at the Journal
By Jordan Dana, Ringwood Secondary College year 10 student AS I am interested in journalism I decided to try and do my Year 10 work experience…
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Distress over missing diabetic pooch Boofy
THE Narre Warren owners of a diabetic poodle-cross which went missing from Dandenong North two weeks ago are concerned for her health. ‘Boofy’ was staying…
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Firefight
By CASEY NEILL THE state’s busiest CFA crew and will soon have a new $13 million home – but what Dandenong Fire Brigade really needs…
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Raise drinking age to 21 – Cornerstone
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG’S Cornerstone Contact Centre is part of a push to raise the legal drinking age to 21. The welfare service’s co-ordinator Don…
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