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Best gets a boost
NOMINATIONS for awards to applaud Noble Park’s best are now open. Noble Park Community Action Forum will present the Noble Park Community Participation Awards at…
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Man critical after carport fire
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS AN elderly man is fighting for life after being injured by a blaze in his home’s carport in Tarene Street, Dandenong, last…
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Fair go, mate
Dear Prime Minister Abbott and Immigration Minister Morrison, The City of Greater Dandenong needs a helping hand. Our city is home to Victoria’s largest concentration…
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One man’s journey
PRECEDE Salvation Army Lieutenant Dit Chokeun fled war-torn South Sudan for a new life in Australia. The transition to life in a new country tested…
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Souls of generosity share the spirit
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GENEROUS acts are being performed for asylum seekers on a daily basis by full-time volunteers like Friends of Refugees member Sri Samy.…
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New workers are blooming
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FINDING a job hadn’t exactly been a bed of roses for Sudanese-born asylum seekers Eisa and Muhummad. That was until the pair…
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Shocked by self-harm
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS SEVERAL well-publicised suicides and self-harm incidents among Tamil asylum seekers have shocked Eelam Tamil Association Victoria into action. President Param Paramanathan presents…
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Numbers won’t add up
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS DAVID Spitteler has been an avid collector of statistics since opening his volunteer-run Asylum Seekers Centre 16 years ago. He says the…
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Burning to help
By CASEY NEILL NOBLE Park Fire Brigade has welcomed more than 20 new members from multicultural backgrounds in recent weeks. In a CFA first, the…
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Melting pot of cultures
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS HOW’S this for a snapshot of Dandenong? Take Muslim and Christian refugees from Sudan and South Sudan, Jewish volunteers, and an Indian…
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The need for work
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS TALK to any charity worker in Greater Dandenong – they’ll tell you that giving work rights to asylum seekers would solve many…
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Refugee data plan
By NARELLE COULTER A DATABASE to centralise and co-ordinate community assistance for refugees and asylum seekers will be one idea put forward at a special…
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