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Taste of life in refugee’s shoes
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells Hamid Sultani is an Afghan refugee living in Dandenong. He hopes that he’s helped to open viewers’ eyes to the plight of…
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Police hot on the ‘money trail’
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS POLICE will seize assets and property following drug raids that resulted in four people being charged over fraud offences involving about $2…
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Two charged over Dandenong South robbery
Two men have been charged over an armed robbery at a Dandenong South furniture store on Monday last week. Police said two men carrying knives…
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Perils of the ‘shoot’
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WHAT makes a war photojournalist put their life at risk for a photo? Nadja Kostich, who directs Bare Witness – a play…
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Show of support needed
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS DOVETON’S annual show may be downsized due to a dire lack of volunteers. The show, a low-cost alternative to the Royal Melbourne…
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Fire destroys unit, dog dies
A woman escaped a fire at her Athol Road unit in Springvale South last Thursday. The woman had been sleeping when she was woken about…
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Golden moments like these
A SHAFT of golden, wintry sunshine filtered through the trees at the St James Heritage Hill complex and illuminated the church hall. It was a…
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Garbo who didn’t get it right nabbed
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS THIESS Systems has refused to comment after its rubbish trucks were caught ‘double-dipping’ for several weeks in Dandenong North. Somerset Drive resident…
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Three storeys, like it or not, in MacPherson Street
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS RESIDENTS have been told they have no formal rights to oppose a three-storey apartment block proposal that will tower over one of…
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Four charged with armed robbery of Dandenong South store
TWO men have been charged with the armed robbery of a Dandenong South furniture store yesterday. It’s alleged that two men carrying knives held up…
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Bangholme dog obedience club hit by burglaries
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells A DOG obedience club in Bangholme has been hit by a series of burglaries in recent months. Between Wednesday and Friday of…
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Drum Theatre in the red
A Drum Theatre advisory committee has been appointed by Greater Dandenong Council in an effort to reduce losses of up to $600,000 a year. Peter…
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