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Helping kids with maths adds up for parents and carers
Helping primary school children learn math at home can be a rewarding experience that lays a strong foundation for their future academic success. Parents play…
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Puppies as Christmas gifts? Good intention, bad idea
If you’re thinking about giving your loved one a puppy as a gift this Christmas, Dogs Australia urges you to “think twice”. “Puppies can’t be…
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Get in early for an easier Christmas
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – well not quite yet but according to author Kim McCosker now is the time to start…
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Four classic salads to see you through summer
Summer is the perfect time to indulge in refreshing and vibrant salads that highlight the season’s bountiful produce. Here are four of the most famous…
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Christmas cookie gift jars
For a Christmas gift that’s full of fun and handmade, this Christmas cookie jar recipe from Dairy Australia is a great present for teachers, neighbours,…
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Crunchy lemon and polenta shortbread
This wonderful shortbread recipe from Dairy Australia has the most delightful crunchy texture from the addition of polenta and a zesty twist from added lemon…
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Gate repairer pleads guilty to fatal breach
A gate repair business has pleaded guilty to a workplace safety charge over a truck driver being fatally crushed by a falling gate in Dandenong…
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Students drive anti youth vaping initiative
Over 80 students from Fountain Gate Secondary College, St Francis Xavier College and Lyndhurst Secondary College have taken part in this year’s Safer Cities Project.…
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Freemasons donation
Hoping to make the work of the Springvale Benevolent Society a little easier during the holidays, the Spring Vale Lodge have provided the charity with…
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Mental health support on the way
Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA) are moving forward with cautious optimism after good news that the CMHA has welcomed the recommendation for foundational community-based mental…
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Tackling leadership opportunities head-on
Hampton Park Secondary College teacher and rugby academy program leader Erin Louden said receiving the award for Most Outstanding Rugby Academy School Ambassador at Rugby…
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Level-crossing redesign still ‘dangerous’
A redesign of the controversial level-crossing project in Progress Street, Dandenong South has been dismissed as still “damn dangerous” by heavy-transport businesses. The State Government…












