2020
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IBAC to probe stack claims
Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) will investigate recently-aired ‘branch stacking’ allegations involving Labor MPs. As part of Operation Fortescue, IBAC will examine “serious allegations…
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Crime on the way up
In a disturbing trend, Greater Dandenong’s crime rate has soared by 5.9 per cent over the 12 months ending on 31 March 2020. It is…
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Fatal crash on freeway
A driver has died after a crash between a car and two trucks on the Monash Freeway at Endeavour Hills about 8.30am this morning (16…
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Two Ministers follow Somyurek out
Two ministers have stood down from State Cabinet following the departure of Dandenong-based ALP factional powerbroker Adem Somyurek. Robin Scott and Marlene Kairouz were linked…
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Would-be thief ‘dangerously’ rams car
An accused would-be thief has been charged after allegedly ramming a car blocking his exit from a Dandenong car park. The man had tried to…
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Man charged over roadside stabbing
A man has been charged after a victim was allegedly found on a footpath with multiple upper-body stab wounds. The 24-year-old male victim was discovered…
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Robbed at knifepoint in Ross Reserve
A man seated on a park bench has been robbed at knife-point by four masked males in Ross Reserve, Noble Park. The 42-year-old was approached…
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Wind-powered lights for a decade
Greater Dandenong’s public lighting will be 100 per cent renewably-powered under a new 10-year deal. Under the power purchase agreement (PPA) between Alinta Energy and…
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Somyurek’s language ‘violent, misogynistic’: Williams
Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams has spoken out against her recently-sacked Cabinet colleague Adem Somyurek’s “violent, misogynistic language” against her. In a statement, Ms Williams –…
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Shisha blow to council
A proposal for a shisha lounge at a Dandenong community centre has been given the all-clear by Victoria’s planning tribunal despite opposition from Greater Dandenong…
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Somyurek gone amid branch-stack scandal
Dandenong-based state MP and ALP factional powerbroker Adem Somyurek has been “sacked” as Minister for a second time while denying explosive allegations of branch-stacking. In…
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‘Secret’ peace park discovery
Questions have been raised about the origins of a little-known International Peace Park in Springvale. Greater Dandenong councillor Matthew Kirwan asked about this “secret garden”…
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