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Arrest sweep as police clean up hoon streets
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
POLICE have put the brakes on people involved in illegal hoon meets after three days of raids in Melbourne’s south-east and north...
Threat empties college
KEYSBOROUGH College was evacuated due to a hoax threat about 8.40am on Thursday morning 4 February.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said a man had approached...
Set for the big league
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
GREATER Dandenong should be home to an A-League soccer team in the next five to 10 years, according to councillor Jim Memeti.
The...
Still grateful for new life
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
FOR former Vietnamese refugee Be Ha, her 35-plus years of ongoing charitable and community-minded work is payback.
The Greater Dandenong Community Hall of...
Mary enjoys a lucky life
By NARELLE COULTER
WHEN Mary Colquhoun celebrated her 100th birthday on 29 January there was one very important person missing - her identical twin sister...
Chipping in for biofuels
By NARELLE COULTER
REBECCA Yee and her business partner Dale Barnett are big fans of the humble fish and chip dinner.
The more people tuck into...
Legal review
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
VICTORIA Legal Aid has announced a more generous means test for legal assistance to people who can’t afford a private lawyer.
Nicole Rich,...
Service cut for rate cap
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
GREATER Dandenong Council needs to find $3 million in savings in its June budget to comply with the State Government’s rate-capping policy.
Councillors...
Former SMRC board face ‘kangaroo court’
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
SOUTHERN Migrant and Refugee Centre’s new board is set to rub salt in the wounds of ousted “Australian professional” board members, accusing...
More arrests as cops close in on hoons
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
POLICE have put the brakes on people involved in illegal hoon meets after two days of raids in Melbourne’s south-east and north...
Asylum seekers welcome in churches as government gives them the boot
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
TWO Dandenong priests have spoken in favour of helping asylum seekers in the face of the looming deportation of more than 260...
History takes same route
I whole heartedly agree with Cr Roz Blades in her push to reopen Maralinga Primary School in Keysborough.
I also agree with all the other...
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Judge tells murderer to ‘stop the crocodile tears’
A bodybuilder who stabbed his partner to death using six knives in Endeavour Hills while her young daughter tried to stop him has been...
