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Driven to build her career
By CASEY NEILL
CAROLINE Kennedy doesn’t let “archaic stereotypes” hold her back.
“I’ve had a lot of males try to undermine me to make themselves look...
Group’s burning determination
By GARRY HOWE
A FIRE lit in the conscience of more than 100 community leaders across Greater Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia as part of the...
Religions are united in respect
GREATER Dandenong’s faith and spiritual leaders are uniting against family violence.
The municipality’s interfaith network members are promoting equality and respect toward women.
Equality between women...
Messages make their mark
By CASEY NEILL
GENDER-BASED violence will spend 16 days in the spotlight in Dandenong.
Southern Melbourne Integrated Family Violence Partnership will start #16DaysDandy on International Day...
More than a black eye
FAMILY violence may not be what many people think it is.
Head of the Casey Family Violence Unit (CFVU) Sergeant Ian Lane said control was...
A life lived with abuse
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
HOME has been a house of horrors for ‘Neeti’ both as a child and as a wife.
At 65, the Noble Park grandmother’s...
Men still behaving badly
THE man accused of more than 6000 intervention order breaches can’t believe he’s in court.
He’s already told the police that the charges are “bulls***”.
As...
Attitudes under pressure in violence hotspot
THE Dandenong region has one of the highest family violence rates in Victoria.
So Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams is joining the 16-day Victoria Against Violence...
Thugs to end up in a hole
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
THE region’s top cop has warned that police are taking a hard line on the “arseholes” who afflict family violence.
Assistant...
Truck funds help carry heavy load
By CASEY NEILL
A DANDENONG business has raised $16,000 to tackle family violence.
Prestige Hino presented the donation to Windermere Child and Family Services...
Walk away from war
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
MARAMA Kufi knows the toll that inevitably comes with conflict.
The 46-year-old Ethiopian refugee looks away as he recounts the civil...
Ice user’s violence remorse on way to nine months’ jail
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
AN ICE-user has been jailed for nine months for striking and detaining his partner in their Noble Park home while he was...
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Bunjil Place welcomes the Pacific Sisters
An exhibition and workshop series by Tāgata Moana (People of the Pacific) art collective, the Pacific Sisters, will be showcased at the Bunjil Place...
