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Works near completion for pavilion
THE redeveloped Edinburgh Reserve pavilion will be officially opened on Tuesday. The project involved the refurbishment of two existing pavilions, which were combined to create…
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Journal’s history on display
THE Journal is gearing up to mark 150 years since the first edition rolled off the press in August 1865. A window display charting the…
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Suburb gripped by despair
By CASEY NEILL DOVETON is among the state’s seven most disadvantaged postcodes and in danger of ‘dropping off the edge’, a new report says. Jesuit…
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Job makes refugees feel they’ve arrived
WHAT does having a job mean to a refugee? “I’m happy,” was Dandenong man Hussain Bakhtiari’s simple response, a grin on his face. CatholicCare guided…
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Registering for lives after death
THE Dandenong and Dandenong South East Rotary clubs are urging families to ‘have the chat’ about organ and tissue donation during DonateLife Week from 2…
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Mayor to lunch with leaders
LUNCH with Greater Dandenong’s mayor and CEO is served. Councillor Sean O’Reilly and John Bennie will next month host an informal lunch with business leaders.…
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Land sale vote due
GREATER Dandenong Council is set to sell its former Springvale Depot site for $11 million. Councillors are set to vote tonight (Monday 27 July) on…
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Web site makes link
GREATER Dandenong Chamber of Commerce has a new website. It has a fresh look and promises to be easier for visitors to navigate and find…
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Lobby to stop levy
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THE State Government is being called to scrap a developers’ levy which is designed to recoup the cost of the Revitalising Central…
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Wellspring of goodwill for empowering women
By CASEY NEILL WELLSPRINGS for Women is a finalist for the Victorian Community Training Provider of the Year award. Acting manager Holly Gordon said this…
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Attack on unborn baby
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A SPRINGVALE South man who has denied allegedly punching his pregnant wife in the stomach and threatening to kill the in-utero baby…
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Man jailed for knife and scissor threats
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A MAN has been jailed over a series of violent incidents including pulling knives and scissors on his estranged girlfriend and her…