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Bus attack pair sentenced
By CASEY NEILL A NOBLE Park mother and daughter have been sentenced over a brutal attack on a bus driver in Dandenong. Tahlya and Courtney…
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Factory fire forces out workers
MORE than 100 workers were evacuated after a fire broke out in a Keysborough factory on Monday afternoon. CFA firefighters took only a few minutes…
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Scotland takes centre stage
TARTAN, band pipes and animals took centre stage at this year’s Scottish Heritage Day on Sunday, 31 May. In its 13th year the annual event…
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Fighting to fit in
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS Yaser’s clear purpose is to win for the country he wants to call home… “FIGHTING is like living,” said Dandenong’s supremely-skilled Prince…
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Road to success
By CASEY NEILL “TEN years ago we were a medium-sized manufacturing business that was just in Dandenong.” Today TriMas Corporation in Keysborough is Australia’s largest…
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English skill work bridge
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A RUSH of asylum seekers who are desperate to exercise newly-acquired work rights has descended on the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre’s Dandenong…
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Blessing for burial spaces
By CASEY NEILL SPRINGVALE’S new Saint Padre Pio Mausoleum honours a much-loved Italian saint and caters for special burial traditions. The Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne…
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Artwork colour call for impact
A LANDMARK Dandenong business became a blank canvas for budding artists. The Dandenong Pavilion offered up its external walls to Melbourne street artist DVATE and…
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College students get a look at the future of working life
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH ROBOTICS, plastering, tiling and cake decorating were among the activities Keysborough College students got to try at their careers expo. Almost 1000…
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Market’s budget birthday wishes
SESQUICENTENNIAL celebrations are key components in Dandenong Market’s budget for the financial year ahead. The Dandenong icon turns 150 next year and is set to…
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Latitude’s got the attitude
A DANDENONG South developer took home a national award last week. Latitude 37 Group won the Australian Professional Medium Builder/Renovator of the Year title at…
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Young business bosses wrap up awards
HALF of the finalists for the Young Manufacturer of the Year title hailed from Melbourne’s south east. Brad Huggett works at Rebul Packaging in Hallam,…