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CFA’s fire warning
By CASEY NEILL
A DEADLY Noble Park house fire and a string of other blazes have prompted a CFA warning.
Region 8 operations manager Trevor Owen...
Van could be murder key
By CASEY NEILL
IT WASN'T until daybreak on 6 February that someone saw Geck Gov lying in the driveway of her Noble Park home.
She’d been...
Hard worker
By CASEY NEILL
AFGHAN refugee Ali Mustafa arrived in Australia on a Thursday night in 2008, aged 17.
"Sunday I went to a butcher and I...
Afghan women taking the wheel
By NARELLE COULTER
AFGHAN refugee women have their hands on the wheel of independence, thanks to an innovative learn to drive program.
The Association of Hazaras...
Islam’s buddha for Catholics
AFGHANI men carving a Buddha statue at a Keysborough Catholic Church seems an unlikely occurrence.
But a predominantly Islamic group of Hazara men from Afghanistan...
Batoor’s life through the lens
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
PHOTO-JOURNALIST Barat Ali Batoor has ridden outrageous luck to settle in Melbourne’s south-east.
He fled for his life from Afghanistan in 2012 after...
Asylum workers lend a hand
By CASEY NEILL
ASYLUM seekers and new migrants are becoming a key part of the Salvation Army’s volunteer base in Dandenong.
Dandenong Salvation Army corps officer...
Beacon of hope
By CASEY NEILL
YOUNG refugees looking for work are grappling with network, schooling and support issues.
But Beacon is working to inspire and motivate them and...
Gateway to worker support
By CASEY NEILL
GATEWAY Industries has been providing employment, training and support for people with disabilities for more than 20 years.
But the Dandenong-based not-for-profit needs...
Long night of walking
By CASEY NEILL
FIONA Sherlock and her daughter Poppi, 9, will walk through the night to remember loved ones lost to cancer and raise funds...
‘Friend’ lost
GREATER Dandenong lost "a compassionate friend" when Patricia 'Pat’ Blashki died on 5 August.
Pat was awarded a 2003 Centenary Medal and an Order of...
Museum’s taste of India
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A MUSEUM of art that gives a snapshot of India’s 18,000-year culture and history has opened in Dandenong’s Little India precinct.
Museum India’s...
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Casey bounced by Kangaroos
Twelve agonising minutes of time on was not enough for the Casey Demons to snatch four points off North Melbourne in a thrilling conclusion...
