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Wanted for assault
POLICE are appealing for help to find Roger Gerald Hooker, wanted for an assault in Dandenong North. It’s alleged the 45-year-old man also assaulted a…
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Plaza website hacked, restored
By CASEY NEILL HACKERS have replaced the Dandenong Plaza website home page with a disturbing image of a Christmas-themed clown. An evacuation at the shopping…
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Fun run and twilight film
TAKE to the track then relax with a movie in Tirhatuan Park this month. The City of Greater Dandenong is warming up for its second…
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Mental health work push
By CASEY NEILL A $2 MILLION online lifeline will help unemployed youth in the south-east to get into work. Employment Minister Michaelia Cash announced the…
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Serene strength
By CASEY NEILL Don’s still smiling in the face of adversity… EVEN cancer can’t wipe the trademark smile from Don Cameron’s face. The Cornerstone Contact…
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Scrub fire under control
A GRASS fire in Dandenong North is now under control, according to the CFA. The grass and scrub fire is on the up slope of…
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Making the cut
By CASEY NEILL AUSTRALIA’S newest abattoir is sending beef around the world and bringing jobs to Dandenong South. Australian Meat Group (AMG) opened in Hammond…
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Do it for laughs
TUESDAYS will be a free-for-all at Dandenong’s Drum Theatre. Drum Theatre director Greg Hordacre said the new Free For All Tuesday program was created to…
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Girls get their lifesaving locked in
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS COUNTRIES don’t get more land-locked than Tibet or Afghanistan. But Lifesaving Victoria’s trainee recruits Tenzin-Cheosang,Tsering-Kyi and Elaha Naziri ought to know about…
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Council lobbies for itself
GREATER Dandenong Council has defended its use of lobbyists to “advance” community interests. According to the state register of lobbyists, the council had enlisted lobby…
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Sticking with it
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS ‘ALY’ is the sort of asylum seeker success story that people don’t hear enough about. He’s the 100th client trained up and…
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Culture hangs by threads
ARTISTS need to flag their interest in Cultural Threads by Friday 11 March. The City of Greater Dandenong will celebrate textile arts and cultural diversity…