Opinion
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What’s in a name?
SHOULD schizophrenia be renamed to help reduce the stigma that surrounds people with the illness? The suggestion continues to spark debate. There is no question…
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Snippets
Country music show The Upwey Country Music Club is presenting a Walk Up – Open Mic concert, on Sunday 7 June from 1-5pm at the…
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Anzac thankyou
THE president and committee of the Dandenong Ranges RSL sub-branch in Sassafras would like to thank the local community for attending our 2015 Anzac Day…
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Home delivered
I WOULD like to thank the very kind person who found my wallet near the Mount Dandenong shops on Saturday morning and delivered it to…
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Special thanks
I AM writing on behalf of the members of the Mount Evelyn RSL in response to Noel Buchanan’s offensive statement regarding the Mail ‘profiteering’ by…
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Lenscape
DESPITE some regular downpours over the past few weeks, there have also been patches of relatively mild weather. As such, it’s still been possible for…
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Consider the motives
WITHIN these pages, over about a month, there has been statement and counter-claim about the closure of the CFA’s prime training facility, Fiskville. But there…
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Crossings the priority
IN RESPONSE to Casey MP Tony Smith’s letter to the editor (‘Mail’, 28 May): Sorry, Tony, but the people condemned were the people of metropolitan…
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Race not so great
THE 34th Great Train Race turned into disappointment. Long queues at the intersection of Monbulk-Emerald and Cockatoo-Emerald roads in Emerald had formed. Traffic attendants were…
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Give me a sign
THE stretch of Mount Dandenong Tourist Road between Sherbrooke and Clarkmont roads should be absolutely signposted as ‘Anzac Avenue’. As a child living there in…
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Time to crunch the numbers
WITH sleeves rolled up, Treasurer Joe Hockey posed for cameras last week as he pretended to pore over pages of the national budget. Surrounded by…
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Snippets
Seniors meeting THE next meeting of the Knox Branch of National Seniors will be held at the Knox Club on 27 May. Doors open at…