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  • Australia's worst weed serrated tussock comes to town

    Australia's worst weed serrated tussock comes to town

    By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A WEED of national significance has reared its unwanted head in Greater Dandenong. Serrated tussock, an innocuous-looking South American grass that can…

  • Riders with disabilities take the world in their stride

    Riders with disabilities take the world in their stride

    For people with disabilities, learning to ride a horse can be transforming, emotionally and physically. Catherine Watson visited Myuna Farm to see Riding Develops Abilities in…

  • 19th-century rifle crushed

    19th-century rifle crushed

    A 19th-century military firearm was among about 30 weapons surrendered to Dandenong police in the first month of a weapons amnesty. Sergeant Andrew Smart said…

  • Dandenong is where Gwen's heart is 

    Dandenong is where Gwen's heart is 

    By MARG STORK “I LOVE Dandenong. It is the city where my heart is.” These are the heart-felt words of Gwen Jarvis on the city she…

  • Nurse 'cheats death' in Endeavour Hills

    Nurse 'cheats death' in Endeavour Hills

    By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A NURSE says she cheated death after a driverless four-wheel-drive and trailer crashed through the front windows of an Endeavour Hills clinic…

  • Flippin' good Dandenong Show

    Flippin' good Dandenong Show

    There’ll be plenty of highs in the highlights this weekend at the 141st annual Dandenong Show. Whip Industries Mini Bike Stunts riders on ‘funky’ KLX110L…

  • Dandenong Journal Your Say: Letters to the Editor

    Re: Breastfeeding affront at cafe Good on you, Kaylan. The cafe has no right to discriminate against you because you are breastfeeding your baby. It’s…

  • Cheaper lending for disadvantaged comes to Dandenong

    Cheaper lending for disadvantaged comes to Dandenong

    By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A SAFE money lender backed by the state government aims to release the grip of high-interest payday lenders in central Dandenong. Good…

  • The low-interest car loan that liberated

    The low-interest car loan that liberated

    By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS GETTING a low-interest car loan has made a world of difference to Fatme Ibrahim. Newly arrived from Lebanon, the unemployed single mother…

  • What's on in Greater Dandenong

    Sewing circle: Make a crazy quilt, cushions and enjoy a joke or two at The Open Door, 110 Ann Street, Dandenong, 10am-noon Tuesdays. Entry donation…

  • Ex-mayor Long seeking Greater Dandenong’s top job

    By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS FRESH from her narrow re-election, Angela Long is standing for mayor at Wednesday’s councillor inauguration. The councillor-elect, who was mayor in 2000,…

  • Dandenong Green: The 'emotional' doorknocker

    Dandenong Green: The 'emotional' doorknocker

    By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS IT’S no wonder that Matthew Kirwan says his election as the municipality’s first Greens councillor was an “emotional experience”. For years, he…

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