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Catching on quick time
A COMPUTER and the internet is opening horizons for Doveton mother Suzzane Calgaret and her daughter Laquita. They were one of 40 indigenous families in…
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Staff cuts faulted in nursing home death
By DAVID SCHOUT A NOBLE PARK nursing home had been trialling staff cuts at the time a resident died on Black Saturday, the coroner has…
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Number’s up for drivers dodging fines
By DANIEL TRAN WHAT DO YOU THINKG about search-and-clamp operations in car parks? Scroll to the bottom to post a comment. THE Victorian Sheriff’s office…
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Sending out a message on modern slavery
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS YOU have a choice, anti human-trafficking campaigner David Cross says. You can put your money towards ending the burgeoning sex-slave trade in…
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Pupils helped by class act
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS and ALECIA PINNER CHILDREN as young as primary school-age are ‘dropping out’ to care for afflicted parents, says a Noble Park-based principal.…
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Punters cut short a hospitality career
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells DON, a former manager of ALH Group venues such as Keysborough Hotel, says the advent of “antisocial” pokies drove him out of…
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Poor ‘targeted’ over pokies
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WOOLWORTHS is a major player in a poker machines industry preying on socially disadvantaged areas like Greater Dandenong, says a public health…
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Dandenong man slashed at club
A 27 YEAR old Dandenong man bled profusely after his face was slashed by a beer glass at a gentleman’s club in Melbourne’s CBD last…
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Springvale: Vehicle trapped between train platforms
By Benjamin Millar/The Age A SPRINGVALE South man has been arrested after driving crashing a car between platforms at Springvale station. Police say the 31-year-old…
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Charges over underage brothel workers
By MICHAEL ELY POLICE say they have discovered underage girls been forced to work at a licensed brothel in Dandenong. Officers from the Sex Industry…
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London 2012: Victoria Na out of badminton race
FORMER Haileybury College student Victoria Na has fallen short in her bid to make the round of 16 in the London Olympics badminton tournament. Na…
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Police seek help over Hallam robbery attempt
POLICE have released CCTV vision of a man they want to speak to in relation to an attempted robbery in Hallam last November. A 17…