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STEM at At Paul Apostle North
At St Paul Apostle North Primary School they strive to educate their students for the future. By incorporating STEM throughout the curriculum, their students become…
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Journey’s problem halved
In 2020, Star News Group journalist DANIELLE KUTCHEL received funding from the Melbourne Press Club’s Michael Gordon Fellowship to explore mental health in asylum seeker…
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Senior constable charged
A senior constable from the southern region has been charged following an internal investigation. The 48-year-old male officer was charged with two counts of perjury.…
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Pandemic reveals life’s ‘essentials’
Keep your eye on the better times ahead. That’s the Covid-coping message from Greater Dandenong Interfaith Network’s newly-elected president Father Jean Mawal. “We can look…
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Driver charged after pursuit crash
A man has been arrested after colliding with two police vehicles in a daytime pursuit in the South East. Police had allegedly found the 28-year-old…
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Covid-19: Pfizer boosted, active cases soar
Pfizer vaccines have been re-introduced to the Palm Plaza pop-up clinic as active Covid cases continue to steeply rise in Greater Dandenong and Casey. Vaccine…
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Man charged over apartment death
A man has been charged with the murder of a Dandenong man at an apartment building in July. Homicide Squad detectives arrested a 27-year-old man…
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Mandatory vax push
Councillors are pushing for mandatory vaccination and rapid Covid-testing at Greater Dandenong Council meetings after two councillors recently tested positive. Cr Loi Truong spent at…
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State’s top doc has healthy passion
A Dandenong doctor with a passion for improving Aboriginal health has been crowned the state’s top GP. Dr Hung The Nguyen from the Dandenong District…
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Baker cooks home-grown crops
A successful baker who grew more than 130 cannabis plants in two properties including his family home has been jailed for drug cultivation. Vu ‘Bobby’…
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Inquiry into needs of older migrants and refugees
Victorians are being encouraged to make a submission to a new parliamentary inquiry as it considers the needs of older Victorians from migrant and refugee…
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Free vax hubs in Springvale Sth
A pharmacy and a Vietnamese community group are teaming for a series of weekend Covid vaccine hubs in Springvale South. O’Brien’s Pharmacy and South Eastern…












