2020
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Ten more Covid cases in Dandy
Ten new Covid-19 cases, including four at Outlook Gardens nursing home, have been reported in Greater Dandenong. The council area now has 130 active cases,…
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Residents evacuated from Covid-outbreak
Residents have been evacuated from a Covid-infected aged-care home in Dandenong North. Twenty-one residents at the 95-bed Outlook Gardens had been transferred to South Eastern…
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Roadside drug bust in Doveton
A man has been charged after police allegedly pulled over a stolen car laden with drugs and an imitation gun in Doveton. The car was…
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Covid-19: 40 cases at aged-care home
A Covid-19 cluster at a Dandenong North aged care home has escalated rapidly to 40 cases, among a record number of daily infections in Greater…
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Council backs heavy-industry ban
In a major policy reversal, Greater Dandenong Council will push for the banning of any further heavy industries in Dandenong South after a public outcry…
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Primary school closes for Covid-19
A third school in the region has temporarily closed due to a Covid-19 infection with Greater Dandenong’s active cases rising to 99. On 27 July,…
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Aged care cluster climbs
A Covid-19 outbreak at Dandenong North aged care centre Outlook Gardens is among an alarming spike of cases in Greater Dandenong. As of 26 July,…
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Hospital ‘prisoners’ distraught
A terminal cancer-patient has won a fight to be visited by his children despite ever-tightening restrictions on hospital visits. Bradley Scicluna, 43, from Lynbrook, had…
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160km/h drug driver pays the price
A drug-driver and two passengers face a collective bill of at least $5700 after their car was detected speeding up to 160 km/h on Eastlink,…
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Trip of a lifetime spent home alone
Things were very different in 1970, when 450 guests feted Joe and Teresa Rechichi’s wedding. Fifty years on, thanks to a certain pandemic, the Springvale…
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Covid case at Outlook Gardens
Outlook Gardens in Dandenong North is one of five Victorian aged care centres linked to their first Covid-19 cases. On 24 July, there were seven…
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Appletons reap as we sew
Sewing machine needles started zipping into action when Melburnians were ordered onto Covid-protective masks. The hot trend hasn’t escaped 74-year-old Kevin Appleton and wife Janiab…
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