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SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
THE CARNIVAL OF PUPPETS
Poppets love puppets – and youngster Daniel Gordon (pictured) was lucky to enjoy a preview of The Carnival of Puppets....
Asylum seeker's cry for help in song
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
MY name is Selva ... And I am fighting for my life.
So begins Song for Selva,
an ode to a Sri Lankan...
Your community voice: Sri Samy
Community Voice is a monthly column celebrating Greater Dandenong’s diverse cultures and lifestyles. This month Sri Samy, a charity volunteer and advocate for Tamil...
Refugee youngsters having a ball
By ALECIA PINNER
YOUNG Sudanese and Afghani refugees have spent 10 fun-filled weeks learning to play basketball in Dandenong North.
The New Kids on the Basketball...
Refugee contributions celebrated
ASYLUM seekers and their contributions to the community will be the
focus of a Refugee Week event this Friday.
Enriching Australia will be
at the Dandenong Basketball...
Kasey Chambers best by a country mile
By CHAD VAN ESTROP
COUNTRY music singer Kasey Chambers thrives on the immediacy of a live performance.
The ARIA award winner and chart-topping artist says there...
Dishing out eager, job-ready trainees
IS food the best way into a business person's heart?
Avocare Community Care pitched for work placements for its trainee and Work-for-the-Dole workforce at a...
A community voice lives on
HAD he been alive today Greg Dickson, former owner/editor of the Dandenong Journal, would be relieved that the newspaper to which he devoted so...
Queen’s Birthday honours: Going the extra mile
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS and CATHERINE WATSON
A grassroots councillor has made a name for going beyond the call of duty.
Roz Blades, a three-time mayor of...
The pain of Aspergers
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A HEARTBROKEN Endeavour Hills mother said there were no suitable schools for her son who has Aspergers and has been routinely bullied...
Helping Hand Day
We Care Services will hold its annual 'Helping Hand Day' on Saturday from 10am-noon. Toys, bedding, clothes and food parcels will be distributed to...
Lifting the lid on burqas, veils, hoodies
Kosar Majani is among a group of local and international artists showing the use of veils is not a 'black-and-white' issue. The artists feature...
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Medin makes his A-League mark for City
The rise of former Dandenong Thunder star Medin Memeti has reached new heights in recent weeks with the 17-year-old’s emergence into A-League prominence. ...
