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Greater Dandenong leaders named as citizen consultants
THREE Greater Dandenong community leaders have been appointed ‘grassroots’ consultants to the federal government and the Australian Multicultural Council. Councillor and former mayor Jim Memeti,…
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Shaye Kosky mourners' pink tribute for teen
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS THE words on the tribute screen said it all: “One day can change everything.” It was an understated reminder of 13-year-old Shaye…
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EPA: Funding cuts trash pollution fighter's efforts
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS THE state body charged with policing pollution in Melbourne’s south-east is being trashed by funding cuts, its regional manager concedes. In a…
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Market traders call for Dandenong rent cut
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG Market traders have upped the ante in their fight with management, demanding a 50 per cent rate reduction backdated to last…
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Show and tell, a Dandy affair
FOR more years than I can remember — dating back to the happy days when The Journal occupied premises at Scott Street — I was…
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Labor's Pakula refuses to pledge on Lyndhurst landfill
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS THE ALP’s endorsed candidate for next month’s Lyndhurst byelection will not fight for the removal of the state’s only hazardous waste landfill.…
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Danny Nalliah: Crestani to contest Senate for Rise Up Australia
By CATHERINE WATSON CASEY councillor Rosalie Crestani has confirmed she will stand for Australia’s new ultra-right political party in the September federal election. Danny Nalliah,…
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Dandenong market traders 'in no position to continue paying high rent'
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells DANDENONG Market traders have upped the ante in their fight with management, demanding a 50 per cent rate reduction backdated to last…
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The power to move
OSCAR winner Adam Elliot proudly told GAIA Skin Naturals founder Michelle Vogrinec on Tuesday night that he used her products to shave his head. The…
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Funds for the sick kids
A KEYSBOROUGH event will raise at least $2000 for sick kids this Good Friday. Joanne Pollina will host a Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal…
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Culture on show for harmony
NOBLE Park’s St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School students dressed to showcase their cultural heritage in an early Harmony Day celebration on 15 March. Harmony Day…
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A fluttering tribute
SHAYE Kosky chased butterflies around her yard as a child. Her family honoured this memory at her funeral on Monday with a heart-wrenching butterfly release…