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NEWS-MAKER 2025: Tragedy revisits Dandenong Creek

DANDENONG CREEK The Dandenong community mourned the tragic loss of a loving mother and son who drowned in Dandenong Creek as history repeated itself. The recent drowning of Fariba Hussainzada, 33, in an attempt to save her seven-year-old Farzad, started off conversations around the safety…

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