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Week celebrates Indigenous culture
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS FROM Sunday 3 to Sunday 10 July is National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee week or NAIDOC week. NAIDOC Week celebrates…
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A tale of two lives from drugs to freedom
By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS FORMER Avonsleigh and Emerald resident Luke Williams has told his story about a life of drugs and self-destruction in a recently released…
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Chipping in with jobs boost
By PETER DOUGLAS THE Outer East is set for a major jobs boost with leading English potato crisps maker Tyrrells choosing to invest in Yarra…
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Taking pride in fighting for lions
By PETER DOUGLAS TRADITIONALLY, it’s fair to say the Animal Justice Party is no fan of the Liberal Party. In fact, before this year’s federal…
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Supreme Court likely for Wild brothers
By PETER DOUGLAS A SUPREME Court date is possible for three brothers accused of the rape of a girl, 14, last year in Geelong. Kevin…
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Fibre-to-premises promise
By PETER DOUGLAS A LURE of fibre-to-the-premises NBN to numerous towns within the Dandenong Ranges is being dangled in front of voters. Before the Saturday,…
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SES fears over dispute
By PETER DOUGLAS THE ongoing enterprise bargaining dispute between the CFA and United Firefighters Union (UFU) threatens to create complications for local emergency services crews.…
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Bill’s medal of honour
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS DURING Bill Rogers’ ‘retirement’ for the past 20 years, the past president of the Rotary Club of Belgrave has still been going…
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Big Sister’s eye on us
By PETER DOUGLAS IT WAS a whirlwind visit for Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, who initially visited La Trobe to announce funds for CCTV around the…
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Trail to inclusiveness
STUDENTS at Billanook Primary School are another step closer to a more inclusive environment, with construction to start soon on a sensory trail, garden, outdoor…
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Libs will block it
By PETER DOUGLAS A RE-ELECTED Turnbull Government will block the contentious enterprise agreement that is the focus of a dispute between the United Firefighters Union…
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Bumper cheque presentation
A GROUP of local emergency services has been the recipient of cheques totaling $30,000. On Sunday, 5 June, the Oakleigh branch of the Royal Antediluvian…
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