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Local voice for Lyndhurst in state
GERALDINE Gonsalvez believes Lyndhurst needs a strong, vocal, active, local voice in state parliament. “What it does not need is to be used and manipulated…
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Man may hold key to disappearance
By CASEY NEILL DETECTIVES have made a breakthrough in their seven-year search for a missing Noble Park man, but need the community’s help to complete…
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Different levels
By CASEY NEILL SPRINGVALE commuters’ travel times could be slashed ahead of schedule, with the State Government announcing on Tuesday that work on the Springvale…
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Leila frets over Lelo
By CASEY NEILL A DANDENONG North family is offering a $500 reward for their bird’s safe return – and searching for the owner of a…
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Leaders spread the message
By CASEY NEILL THREE men from Greater Dandenong are peddling the multicultural message across the country, and in their own backyards. Councillor Jim Memeti, Young…
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School has place for a friendly face
EVERY face has a place at Dandy West Primary. This is the catchphrase for stage one of Dandenong West Primary School’s KidsMatter journey. The school…
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Bus crash: 31 students on board
By LIA SPENCER THIRTY-ONE students from a specialist school in Dandenong were on a bus when it was involved in a crash at Hallam last…
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Lotto luck in the lat
A DANDENONG North man was reading his laptop on the loo when he discovered he’d won more than $1.47 million. He checked the Tatts Lotto…
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Getting business priorities right
THE Dandenong Retail Traders’ Association function on Tuesday 2 April will answer the question ‘what’s important in a successful business?’. Many DRTA retailers are sole…
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Multi-portfolios for Mark
ISAACS MP Mark Dreyfus gained two new portfolios in this week’s Federal Government ministry reshuffle. He picked up the Attorney-General and Emergency Management Minister titles…
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Springvale Stories by popular choice
A SHORT film about life in Springvale won the People’s Choice Award at the inaugural Greater Dandenong Film Festival on 22 March. Face to Face:…
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Cops on hunt for firebugs
By CASEY NEILL GREATER Dandenong CIU detectives are appealing for witnesses to two deliberately lit fires and have charged a man over a third. CFA…