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Riders with disabilities take the world in their stride
For people with disabilities, learning to ride a horse can be transforming, emotionally and physically. Catherine Watson visited Myuna Farm to see Riding Develops Abilities in…
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Australia's worst weed serrated tussock comes to town
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A WEED of national significance has reared its unwanted head in Greater Dandenong. Serrated tussock, an innocuous-looking South American grass that can…
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Timber pallets: Create a crate idea and win
TALK about making a purse out of a sow’s ear, or in this case, a violin, a harpsichord, guitar or a designer table crafted out…
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Dandenong Thunder call to dob in flare offenders
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG Thunder Soccer Club is pleading with fans to dob in those who fired rocket flares during its recent grand final in…
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Dandenong Green: The 'emotional' doorknocker
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS IT’S no wonder that Matthew Kirwan says his election as the municipality’s first Greens councillor was an “emotional experience”. For years, he…
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Ex-mayor Long seeking Greater Dandenong’s top job
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS FRESH from her narrow re-election, Angela Long is standing for mayor at Wednesday’s councillor inauguration. The councillor-elect, who was mayor in 2000,…
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The low-interest car loan that liberated
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS GETTING a low-interest car loan has made a world of difference to Fatme Ibrahim. Newly arrived from Lebanon, the unemployed single mother…
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Cheaper lending for disadvantaged comes to Dandenong
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A SAFE money lender backed by the state government aims to release the grip of high-interest payday lenders in central Dandenong. Good…
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Flippin' good Dandenong Show
There’ll be plenty of highs in the highlights this weekend at the 141st annual Dandenong Show. Whip Industries Mini Bike Stunts riders on ‘funky’ KLX110L…
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Nurse 'cheats death' in Endeavour Hills
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A NURSE says she cheated death after a driverless four-wheel-drive and trailer crashed through the front windows of an Endeavour Hills clinic…
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Dandenong South workers among hundreds stood down as plant shuts doors
By CLAY LUCAS, The Age ABOUT 400 auto workers may have lost their jobs at plants in Melbourne – including Dandenong South – and Adelaide. Autodom Limited…
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4WD crashes through Endeavour Hills clinic
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A PATIENT and staff member had a narrow escape after a driverless four-wheel-drive and trailer crashed through the front windows of an…