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DAIR workers' future still in doubt
About 150 workers returned to work at Dandenong South auto-parts manufacturer DAIR Industries last Wednesday, but their future at the plant remains clouded. The workers…
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Servo robber strikes in Dandenong North again
Staff at a service station in Dandenong North have been held up at knife-point twice in two weeks. A man threatened an Oz Fuel staff…
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VPL: Thunder stunned with $40,000 flare penalty
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG Thunder has serious concerns for its financial future, looking shaky after a blow from massive “zero-tolerance” penalties imposed for spectators firing…
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Chimney gone in a lightning flash
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS DESPITE the popular saying, last Tuesday’s lightning strike on a Dandenong North historic homestead may not have been the first time. Owner…
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Music good times roll on at the Caravan
THIS is what an oasis in a cultural desert looks like: a cavernous canteen littered with mismatched chairs and tables under checkered cloths, a stage in…
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Benevolent society a shoo-in for helping
By MARG STORK DANDENONG and District Benevolent Society has found yet another way to spread Christmas joy this holiday season. In a bid to give…
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Dandenong mayor stands against 'stigmas'
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS ANGELA Long was elected unopposed as Greater Dandenong mayor last week and pledged to represent indigenous groups and young people. Cr Long,…
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Chilling memories of train-truck disaster
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS IT was a horrible sort of Final Destination moment for Lucia Hatzivoyiatzis. The Dandenong single mother thought she was going to die…
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Dandenong youth zoom in on bullying scourge
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS THE tragic consequences of bullying is all too apparent to Dandenong-based Young Leader member Albert Mambo. At his boarding high school in…
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Greater Dandenong poll: luck of the vote
By DAVID SCHOUT and CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS IN an interesting what-if, Greater Dandenong mayor Angela Long would not have been elected as councillor under a first-past-the-post…
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Safe lending 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. As…
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Dandenong South rail crash: Unsung hero tells tale of tragedy
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS IAN Atkinson was one of the unsung heroes in the rescue of a stricken train driver soon after a fatal level crossing…
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