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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 Commissioner…
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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 last…
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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 war…
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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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