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  • ‘Panicked’ thief rams, injures police

    ‘Panicked’ thief rams, injures police

    A driver of a stolen ute laden with stolen electric scooters who repeatedly rammed a police car and injured an officer in Springvale South has…

  • Man accused of Clyde North murders

    Man accused of Clyde North murders

    A man has faced court accused of murdering two men at a home party in Clyde North in January. Joel Fitzgerald, 30, of no fixed…

  • Investing in the future

    Investing in the future

    A new statewide partnership will focus on support to develop Hester Hornbrook Academy’s Dandenong campus, expected to open for the beginning of the 2028 school…

  • Wilson’s quest for unity

    Wilson’s quest for unity

    A political expert says new state Liberal leader Jess Wilson’s great challenge is to unite her “polarised” party room. Wilson, a touted ‘Moderate’ MP, deposed…

  • EPA blitz on micro-plastics

    EPA blitz on micro-plastics

    EPA Victoria is conducting snap inspections at factories in the South East that use plastic pellets in their manufacturing process. The pellets, known as nurdles,…

  • Battin dumped for first woman ever to lead Vic Liberals

    Battin dumped for first woman ever to lead Vic Liberals

    Berwick MP Brad Battin has been dumped from leadership of the Victorian Liberal Party after less than a year in the role, with Liberal colleagues…

  • Sandown roars to life

    Sandown roars to life

    Supercar action roared for the Sandown 500 over the weekend with something for all to enjoy. For the first time, the supercars held a three-round…

  • Young ‘champion’ inspires at Sandown 500

    Young ‘champion’ inspires at Sandown 500

    Five-year-old Neeom was treated to a VIP visit to the Supercars pits at the Sandown 500 last weekend. The boy and his family from Melbourne’s…

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  • Doves unveil new recruits

    Doves unveil new recruits

    There is no doubting that the 2025 season was not exactly what Doveton had in mind after finishing ninth on the ladder and avoiding relegation…

  • Ace Classic set for Pakenham

    Ace Classic set for Pakenham

    The Ace Classic tennis tournament is set to come to Pakenham in 2026 after two years at Bunyip Tennis Club. The central location of the…

  • Magpies embark on new era

    Magpies embark on new era

    After just one season in the Southern netball competition Narre Warren has made the decision to move into the South East Precinct Netball League (SEPNL)…

  • Locals set for the next level

    Locals set for the next level

    The AFL Draft is set to take place from Wednesday 19 November with several local prospects in line to join an AFL club. The first…

  • Krasnadamskis set for AFL

    Krasnadamskis set for AFL

    Marcus Krasnadamskis was not on a Coates League list at the start of 2025. Not until February did he even register to play local footy,…

  • Mr Clutch primed for AFL

    Mr Clutch primed for AFL

    AFL Academy teenager Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves looms as the region’s most likely draft prospect just days out from the annual November intake. The Dandenong Stingrays co-captain…

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  • $114m automotive plant opens in Dandenong South

    $114m automotive plant opens in Dandenong South

    An automotive re-manufacturing company has formally opened its $114 million headquarters and facility in Dandenong South. Walkingshaw Group’s expanded, state-of-the art manufacturing plant is expected…

  • Battin loses leadership, replaced by first ever woman to lead Victorian Liberal Party

    Battin loses leadership, replaced by first ever woman to lead Victorian Liberal Party

    Berwick MP Brad Battin has been dumped from leadership of the Victorian Liberal Party after less than a year in the role, with Liberal colleagues…

  • Battin to face leadership challenge

    Battin to face leadership challenge

    Less than a year into his leadership, Berwick MP and opposition leader Brad Battin will face a challenge against his leadership after reports say a…

  • Push for free-vax revival

    Push for free-vax revival

    City of Greater Dandenong Council has committed to advocate for the reinstatement of the Program for Refugees Immunisation Monitoring and Education. The notice of motion…

  • Swim programs for new arrivals

    Swim programs for new arrivals

    A catalogue of water safety lessons for Greater Dandenong’s newest residents has been introduced in recent years. Coronial inquests have highlighted the need for learn-to-swim…

  • Creek park safety in the spotlight

    Creek park safety in the spotlight

    History repeated with the awful drowning of Fariba Hussainzada, 33, and her son Farzad, 7, in Dandenong Creek on 10 November, after the son was…

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