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No bunnies for Easter
By CASEY NEILL EASTER brought some unwanted attention to hundreds of bunnies in Keysborough. Melbourne Water conducted rabbit baiting in a drain beside 402 Corrigan…
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Manufacturing and working smarter
By CASEY NEILL COLLABORATION and tapping into universities were the key topics at a manufacturing forum in Dandenong last week. About 60 people attended the…
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’Keep the rage’
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A MAN ordered by a court to create a road-safety campaign after nearly killing himself and four passengers in a drink-driving crash…
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Teen armed robbery charges
TWO teenagers will answer charges over an alleged attempted armed robbery in Springvale South last week. Casey CIU detectives said the incident unfolded about 3.30pm…
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Ice disaster
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS IT’S a bit of a disaster. That’s how youth drug and alcohol agency chief Raymond Blessing bluntly describes the widely-described pandemic of…
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Council weighs in on race speech
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong Council has joined a tide of opposition against proposed amendments to federal racial discrimination laws. Last Monday, the council resolved…
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Robbery and assault
TWO teens will answer charges over a robbery and assault in central Dandenong. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Senior Constable Adam Dixon said an 18-year-old man…
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Strip to shine
NEW trees, bins, benches and paint will soon spruce up the Hemmings Street shopping strip. City of Greater Dandenong councillors approved immediate improvement works for…
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We are not terrorists
By ARAN MYLVAGANAM I AM among hundreds of Dandenong residents shocked to be branded recently as terrorists by the Sri Lankan Government through membership of…
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As time goes by
LAST week Marg Stork reported on the discovery of a rare 16mm film shot in Dandenong in 1957, which was unearthed among memorabilia stored after…
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Fines add up
YOUNG people in Greater Dandenong owe more than $3 million in traffic fines, the Sheriff’s Office has revealed. Almost 2000 residents of the municipality aged…
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Black opal’s heart of darkness
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS CHARACTERS as rugged as the Lightning Ridge desertscape stole photojournalist Lucy Di Paolo’s heart. Ms Di Paolo, a former Journal photographer, had…