2020
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For a laugh, and a cause
What started out as a bit of cheeky banter between two great mates in isolation over a few ‘lemonades’ has turned into something much more…
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Covid curve slows
The number of Covid-19 cases in Greater Dandenong has remained at 15, according to state health department figures. However, the Department of Health and Human…
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Art threads through isolation
With public gatherings, performances and exhibitions cancelled in the wake of Covid-19, many artists have struggled to keep up their practice in a blow to…
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Kindness in severe times
Simple, powerful words from Dandenong Primary School students are spreading a timely message of kindness during Covid-19. Photographer Julieanne Perara’s Faces of Harmony exhibition has…
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Spoonful of sugar – just what the doctor ordered
A Dandenong cake shop has posted a stunning tribute to health-care workers serving during the coronavirus pandemic. MCN Little Foods created a ‘doctor cake’ on…
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Funds for ‘sensory landscape’
An inclusive ‘sensory playscape’ area is set to be built at Chalcot Lodge Primary School in Endeavour Hills. The project extends the library’s interior spaces,…
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Cleft nurse wins top award
An Endeavour Hills nurse who has been crowned Australia’s best says she has the “best job”. Tania Green was awarded Nurse of the Year at…
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Clean set of rules
Masks, sanitisers, crowd restrictions and temperature guns are part of the new sets of rules for shopping during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photographer GARY SISSONS visited Dandenong…
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Pell ‘implausible’ on Searson inaction
Cardinal George Pell’s reasons for not acting sooner against Doveton parish priest and accused paedophile Father Peter Searson were “implausible”, according to an unredacted Royal…
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Staff retained for Covid relief
Greater Dandenong Council says it has redeployed 67 staff rather than standing down workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Local councils and their workers have however…
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Speeding drink-driver’s car impounded
A drink-driver allegedly speeding at nearly 60km/h over the limit has had his car impounded by police in Springvale. The man blew a 0.104 blood-alcohol…
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Police blitz on South East’s wanted
More than 300 people wanted on warrants in Melbourne’s South East have been arrested as part of a police operation. As part of Operation Master,…
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