2020
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Hub under new scrutiny
Greater Dandenong Council has given the tick for new independent managers at the scandalised Noble Park Community Centre. The former committee and centre manager Brian…
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Council to fight for Yarraman Village trees
Greater Dandenong Council will fight a developer’s proposal to fell 40 mature River Red Gum trees for nine extra dwellings in the Yarraman Village estate.…
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Covid-19 claims two Victorian lives
Two patients have overnight become Victoria’s first coronavirus fatalities, as recorded cases rose to 520. Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton on 26 March confirmed…
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Synthetic cannabis like ‘100 bongs’: armed robber
A drug-fuelled man who threatened to kill during a violent armed robbery has described the influence of synthetic cannabis as like “100 bongs in one”.…
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Baddack wanted on warrant
Keysborough woman Katie Baddack, 31, is wanted by police after allegedly failing to appear at court. Five warrants have been issued after failing to face…
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Diner ‘wings it’ in changed times
Dandenong’s centre is like a “ghost town” but diners like SWAT75 are adapting to the coronavirus crackdown. Like other restaurants and cafes, the eatery’s tables…
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Stage 3 restrictions inevitable: Premier
If you can stay at home, you must stay at home, Premier Daniel Andrews has bluntly urged Victorians on the eve of “painful and difficult”…
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L-plater blows 0.242
Police have impounded a learner driver’s car after she allegedly blew 0.242 in a preliminary breath test early on Wednesday 25 March. The 27-year-old Dandenong…
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Lanes closed after freeway crash
Three outbound lanes are closed on the Monash Freeway near Doveton due to a multi-car crash just after 4pm on Tuesday 24 March. Two lanes…
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‘Ignorant’ flout Covid-19 quarantine
Coronavirus infectees are slipping out of self-isolation mainly out of ignorance, says the head of Victoria Police’s Operation Sentinel taskforce. Deputy Commissioner Rick Nugent will…
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Parole ’best chance’ for relapsed trafficker
A seasoned drug trafficker whose bags of methamphetamine and heroin were uncovered during a police raid of his flat has been jailed by the Victorian…
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$350K reward: daylight robbery case unsolved
A reward of up to $350,000 has been offered to catch a brazen armed robber on a motorbike who held up security van guards at…