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Getting the message through
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG-based businessman Craig Membrey is set to make a documentary to try to stop teen suicides. Mr Membrey’s 17-year-old son Rowan died…
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Take care, ward off Alzheimer’s
In the state electorates of Dandenong and Lyndhurst that the Weekly covers, there are an estimated 1512 people living with dementia and this is projected…
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Anti-terror raids: 'Too much time on their hands'
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS AN Islamic centre in Springvale South raided by police in an anti-terror operation has been described as a ‘‘small group of young…
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An app a day, every day
A SLIGSHOT that has birds flying through the air smashing into pigs. A samurai sword the slices and dices fruit. Simple ideas. Big money. But among…
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DOXA pokies bad for Dandenong
Greater Dandenong Council needs to work at reducing, not increasing, the number of poker machines in a municipality. Adults living in Melbourne’s poorest area, Greater…
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Guns seized in terror raids across region
By Farah Farouque, Dan Oakes, Vince Chadwick and Nino Bucci POLICE yesterday raided up to a dozen properties in suburbs including Springvale South, Endeavour Hills and Noble…
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Machete threat in Dingley robbery
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells TWO men wearing hockey masks threatened staff with a machete during an armed robbery at a Dingley supermarket last night. The men…
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Chisholm shock: 220 jobs to go
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS STAFF from Chisholm Institute’s south-east campuses were told this afternoon that about 220 permanent and fixed-term contract jobs will go by the…
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Springvale South residents warned of daytime burglaries
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS SPRINGVALE South residents have been warned about a spate of daytime burglaries in and around Wardale Road during the past month. Detective…
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Cannabis with $78K street value seized in Noble Park raid
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A NOBLE Park man has been charged with trafficking cannabis after two police raids last week. On Wednesday, Dandenong Tasking Unit police…
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Home invasion terrifies Dandenong family
By CAMERON-LUCADOU-WELLS THREE people, including a one-year-old boy, locked themselves in a room as their house and two cars were trashed in a terrifying home…