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Gallery: Anzac Day parade in Noble Park
A 400-strong crowd flocked to the Anzac Day parade and service in Noble Park yesterday.
The veterans, mainly Vietnam ex-service personnel, and spectators paid their...
Different strokes create harmony
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
Imagine the creative tensions in a band comprising a hardcore punk guitarist, an R&B/reggae drummer and a folk singer.
But the members of...
Six charged over Springvale, Mulgrave robberies
Six people have been charged over three armed robberies in Springvale and Mulgrave. The robberies occurred at a service station and milk bar in...
Comedy festival a reflection on life
By DIANA NGUYEN
THE 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival wrapped up at the weekend, and it's a bittersweet feeling to see our show Phil and...
Obituary: Dennis Ring, community builder
OBITUARY: Dennis Ring July 20, 1949-January 23, 2013
AN eloquent reflection of the high regard felt for Dandenong North's Dennis Ring was the crowd of...
Salvos benefit from gruelling bike ride
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
IT was a long and lonely trek, but at the end of Aaron Petersen’s 960-kilometre charity bike ride was a mob of...
Vietnam: Bitter-sweet reunion for Delta Devils
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
KEVIN Stayner's first reaction to being conscripted to the Vietnam War could best be described as bemusement: "What's all this about?"
The carpentry...
Free Tamil refugees, Dandenong protesters demand
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
PROTESTERS rallied outside Department of Immigration and Citizenship offices in Dandenong last Thursday evening.
About 50 protesters, organised by Tamil Refugee Council in...
Green wedge: Councillors reject call to resign
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
TWO Greater Dandenong councillors have brushed aside calls from a Bangholme resident to resign over the proposed rezoning of 337 hectares of...
Lyndhurst byelection: Party matters for voters, says Pakula
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
LABOR'S candidate for this Saturday's Lyndhurst byelection tackled pointed questions head-on at a 'meet the candidate' forum in Hampton Park last week.
Martin...
What's on in Dandenong, Springvale, Keysborough and Noble Park
Jubilation: The Jubilate Choir — a group of 70 members of various nationalities and denominations — will perform at the Dandenong Christian Reform Church,...
Crickets: Chirp trick snares the mate
THE season for flannelled fools is just over but the crickets are still with us.
Chirruping away in the grass, they've added their cacophony that...
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Five in favour of in-house aged care
A near-majority of Greater Dandenong's new-elected councillors support retaining council aged care and disability services, according to a survey by ex-mayor Roz Blades.
Blades led...
