2020
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Spirits lift as we reunite
As I type this message, our country, our state, our city, communities and the residents across, appear to be aflutter with exuberance and anticipation. Ahead…
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Election 2020: Tim Dark home by 90 votes
Incumbent councillor Tim Dark has squeezed home by 90 votes in a Keysborough Ward count that went all the way to last preferences. Second-placed candidate…
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Brakes on Springvale hoon meet
Police impounded two vehicles and booked 14 drivers at an alleged hoon meet at Springvale Junction on the night of Monday, 2 November. Local police…
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CHO’s slug-gate claim disputed
I Cook Foods has raised new doubts over Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton’s evidence on a notorious live slug to the parliamentary inquiry into the…
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Parking fees not ‘fine’
An online petition has been started by an ex-councillor against Dandenong Hospital’s “excessive” car park fees. Former Greater Dandenong councillor Maria Sampey said student nurses…
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Covid stalls elective surgery
Monash Health’s elective surgery waiting list has ballooned by 21 per cent due to deferrals during the Covid-19 pandemic’s peaks. According to its 2019-’20 annual…
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Show stopper leaves empty feeling
Dandenong Show society’s president John Follett will feel an emptiness in mid-November – the traditional weekend date for the 149-year-old show. A week in the…
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Dr Tucker sizzles in Cup Prelude
Dr Tucker cemented his place in the TAB Melbourne Cup heats with a dazzling victory in a Cup Prelude at Sandown Park last Thursday night.His…
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Former Stingrays shine
The football careers of Nick Haynes and Lachie Whitfield have a strange habit of intersecting. While they took vastly different pathways through the Dandenong Stingrays’…
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Dining’s course of caution
Dining in Greater Dandenong’s famous world-food precincts returned in a limited form on Wednesday 28 October. Under the Covid-19 restriction’s Third Step, cafes, restaurants and…
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Bazaar crowds return
Crowds bustled back into the re-opened Dandenong Market’s Bazaar on Friday 30 October. For months, about 130 traders – including florists, newsagent, key cutter, pet…
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Park’s open for leisure
Dandenong Park’s redevelopment has come to fruition. Under its historic trees, the park has been transformed with an illuminated Dandenong sign, a new Stan Prior…
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