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30 Aug 10 | CANCER is the focus of this year's men's health booklet produced for The Alfred hospital's Father's Day Appeal.
The free guide looks at the most common cancers suffered by men and covers symptoms
30 Aug 10 |
A GROUP that cares for other people's pets is looking for more animals to pamper.
Here2Help Pets volunteer Leonie Boyle said the Monash-based program helped the elderly and people with a disabi
30 Aug 10 |
TEN years ago, it was just a dream.
Last week, world-renowned French architect Francois Tesniere opened the doors to a $24million kitchen in Altona trading as Community Chef that will supply 1.
30 Aug 10 |
ASEYE Badu says she felt called to return to Africa as a volunteer.
Ms Badu, of Mt Waverley, recently spent three months as a volunteer nurse on a hospital ship in Togo, Africa.
Born in
30 Aug 10 | ST John Ambulance service has issued a challenge to the Monash community - switch off your mobile phone and help save lives.
Members will switch off their mobile phones tomorrow to raise money for
30 Aug 10 | MONASH Council is looking for a person with a disability who wants to be a community leader.
The council is seeking to sponsor a resident to take part in next year's Leadership Plus Program.
The
30 Aug 10 |
SPORTS Without Borders, a program aimed at helping migrant youths get into sports, has taken a further step into Monash.
SWB chief executive James Demetriou said he had "encouraging" talks with
30 Aug 10 |
FOR an Oakleigh mother, there will be no more suffering in silence.
Christine Foster has launched a book detailing the painful battle of her family whose daughters were raped by a priest.
Sh
30 Aug 10 | MONASH Council is calling for ideas on an "environmental sustainability road map" to reduce the community's impact on the planet.
Mayor Charlotte Baines said Monash residents would have a chance t
30 Aug 10 |
WHEN Ross met Jackie it was like a scene from a movie, but the setting wasn't a romantic restaurant; it was the Mt Waverley blood bank.
"When I met him, his face just lit up like a lightbulb,"
30 Aug 10 |
PREMIER John Brumby was given a climate change grilling by Ashwood College students during a visit to the fire-hit school last week.
Mr Brumby joined the college as part of the Principal fo
30 Aug 10 | THE Victorian Liberals have been urged to up the ante on their promised feasibility study into a long-awaited Huntingdale-Rowville rail link.
Last week, opposition transport spokesman Terry Mulder
30 Aug 10 | WORKPLACE muscle and bone injuries for Monash workers have come at a painful cost.
WorkSafe has launched a campaign to curb the number of preventable musculoskeletal injuries, such as strains, spr
23 Aug 10 |
MAKING women in their 40s feel fabulous is the theme of a webcast event run by a Clayton-based women's health foundation.
Dr Elizabeth Farrell, gynaecologist at the Jean Hailes Foundation f
23 Aug 10 |
CLAYTON North Primary School student Wilynda, 6, got her hands dirty for a good cause this month.
23 Aug 10 | A FOUR-storey housing proposal at The Peak site in Wheelers Hill is the best possible outcome for residents who objected to a plan for a much taller building, says an action group.
The development,
23 Aug 10 |
POLICE are searching for three men believed to be involved in the Oakleigh riot in which a crazed mob trashed a Bob Jane T-Mart store and bashed a Fairfax photographer.
Images of the three men
23 Aug 10 |
SOME of Australia's best musical talent such as sibling guitarist duo Slava and Leonard Grigoryan will be part of next month's Music in the Round festival at Monash University.
"The brothers wi
23 Aug 10 | 'Many rights are extended to parents, but children are rarely asked about their situation. That is one major complaint from the children - 'no one is asking us'.'
Thea Brown
ABUSED children
23 Aug 10 |
Young Einsteins
Clayton North Primary School students Kilau and Rajitha delved into the world of science last week. As part of Science Week, students investigated the biodiversity in the schoo
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