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Cool in a crisis
NINE-year-old Bhoomika Gundlur is a Triple Zero hero after diallling emergency services when her baby sister began choking. Bhoomika called triple-zero for her mum, who…
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Budget blow
By CASEY NEILL MP’s college cash promise falls flat… KEYSBOROUGH College was short-changed $10 million in last week’s State Budget. But Keysborough MP Martin Pakula…
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Aid agencies join forces to rescue
GREATER Dandenong’s aid agencies are joining forces to cover shortfalls left by funding cuts. The council hosted representatives from various organisations at the Material Aid…
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Wine scam labelled
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A KEYSBOROUGH principal has told an anti-corruption inquiry that he had no knowledge at the time of a “farrago of untruths” involving…
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Cash in the bank for loans relief
A DANDENONG affordable-loan service for disadvantaged families has had its funding exended for a further four years. In last week’s State Budget, Good Money was…
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Life back in the land
FALLOW land at a Dandenong school is set to be converted into a working ‘urban farm’ including a community compost and vegie garden, livestock, a…
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Mum’s up early for Cambodian breakfast
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS HERE’S an all-day breakfast with a difference. Many of My Cambodia’s early diners opt for a noodle-thick Phnom Penh soup enmeshed with…
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Relief over train order
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG manufacturers say rail investment in last week’s State Budget has put the region on track for a prosperous future. Bombardier in…
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Transport team makes light work of heavy lifting
By CASEY NEILL “WE’VE all got to work together to make it happen.” And Membrey’s Transport and Crane Hire managing director Craig Membrey certainly did…
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Companies pay to avoid falling through a gap in the net
By CASEY NEILL COREX Plastics is forking out $30,000 for the internet speed it needs – despite the National Broadband Network cable running right past…
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Lawyers take cases to God
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THE final course of appeal isn’t necessarily in the High Court. Sometimes for Vera Hardiman, co-ordinator of five lawyers at Casey-Cardinia Community…
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Jobs port hit
By CASEY NEILL THE Port of Hastings project lost $80 million in last week’s State Budget in a blow to the Greater Dandenong business community…
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