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Dandenong wrecks Richmond’s hopes
EVERYTHING clicked for Dandenong (0/82) - throwing Richmond’s (119) finals aspirations to the wind as a Darren Pattinson five-for doomed the Tigers.
Richmond was ticking...
Roberts takes one-vote win
IN one of the closest counts in recent memory, Dandenong West all-rounder Alex Roberts edged out Steve Spoljaric by a single vote to claim...
Dandenong North shooting: Two men arrested
By Goya Dmytryshchak
TWO men were arrested after a shooting of a 31-year-old man in Dandenong North on Sunday. The man remains in a life-threatening...
Rejuvenation could bring state squads to Shepley Oval
By ROY WARD
SHEPLEY Oval's $1.25 million redeveloped change rooms could result in more representative football being played at the ground.
The state government and Greater...
Positive sign at Noble Park
NOBLE Park residents BJ Kour, Gaye Guest, Michael Palma, Alf Goldburg and Marlene De Haas joined Greater Dandenong councillor Roz Blades, bottom right, to...
Hazaras do the hard yards
By HAMID SULTANI
I was born in a small town in Kabul, Afghanistan, called Afshar-e-Sellow, where in a war against the Hazara people,
hundreds of homes...
'Invisible' home-grown needy rely on Shawlands
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
HIDDEN away in Shawlands Caravan Park are some of Dandenong's most needy residents.
Set back from South Gippsland Highway, the low-profile site was...
Asylum seeker jobless 'falling apart'
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A PREGNANT woman was left to sleep on a bare floor in Greater Dandenong due to the federal government's 'no advantage' rule...
African youth urged to join Victoria Police
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A YOUNG African leader wants his peers to start joining police ranks for the sake of community harmony.
John James, 22, who heads...
Having a crack at their mums
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
The best way to avoid Asian typecasting is to produce your own show, says Springvale-born actor Diana Nguyen.
That said, her latest venture...
Dandenong market stallholders threaten strike
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
STRUGGLING traders at Dandenong Market say they are poised to strike unless the market's management reduces its "unaffordable" rates.
Scott Webster, whose family...
Disability activists ponder Dandenong sleep out
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
DISABILITY advocates are considering sleep-out protests in Dandenong's main street after feeling brushed aside by Greater Dandenong Council over safety issues.
Disability Resources...
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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...
