Jam-packed as the last line of UK defence
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
AUSTRALIAN soldiers, posted for the last-ditch defence of England in World War II, were armed with little more than jam tins, beer...
The hard road of drugs and mental illness
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
AS Daniel Keith is quick to tell his Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria clients, he has done the hard yards.
Mr Keith, 26, is...
Marg Moments: The discovery of a missing gem
By Marg Stork
THERE'S an interesting report in this month's edition of Gipps-Land Gate, published by the Dandenong and District Historical Society.
A report handed...
Mental health warning signs
Health and Community Services Union assistant state secretary Paul Healey led mental health workers in a stopwork protest at Dandenong Hospital last Thursday. The...
Booming rooming a sign of crisis
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
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A SURGE in rooming houses in Greater Dandenong is...
Red letter day for disability hope
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
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IT'S fear that is motivating Dandenong West parents Kaye and...
Duo charged on robberies
By Catherine Watson
AN 18-year-old man has been remanded in custody after being charged with a spate of armed robberies in Narre Warren, Berwick, Dandenong,...
Cement mixer topples in Dandenong South
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells and James Taylor
A DRIVER was taken to hospital after his cement mixer tipped on its side in Dandenong South last week.
The...
This is cheer madness
Cheerleading is rapidly growing in popularity. Tara McGrath chats with some local cheerleaders and discovers there’s a lot more to it than Hollywood would...
Casey councillors move against Bradford
By Catherine Watson
CASEY councillors voted last night to proceed with plans to refer 18 allegations of misconduct against Cr Kevin Bradford to a councillor...
Woman killed in Clow Street
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells
A 72-year-old Dandenong woman died after her car ploughed into the rear of a bus in Clow Street, Dandenong, on Monday...
Life learning with endeavour
Mossgiel Park Primary School pupils Chloe and Kane help Bunnings worker Anne De’luca establish a winter crop in the Endeavour Hills school’s community garden....
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Memeti elected mayor, but ‘undemocratic’ process criticised
Two Labor Party members have taken the mayoral and deputy mayor positions on Monday 18 November, sparking criticism from non-ALP councillors.
Jim Memeti was officially...
