IT IS with great pleasure that I congratulate the Dandenong Journal on its 150th anniversary.
This historical milestone is a proud achievement and a testament to the dedication and hard work of the Dandenong Journal staff dating back to your paper’s first edition in 1865.
Readers from the City of Greater Dandenong, and further afield when the Dandenong Journal covered Mulgrave, Dingley and surrounds, continue to read your paper for its outstanding news service.
Local content and in-depth reporting underpin why newspapers remain important.
Journalists represent the community’s right to free speech, acting as the watchdogs, informers and voice of the voiceless.
That has not changed over 150 years.
It is perhaps even more relevant today than ever before as people’s thirst for news and information grows.
The Dandenong Journal is a great example of how newspapers have also evolved with the times to ensure readers have access to local news and information at the click of a button.
I comment your newspaper on supporting the local community and I wish the Dandenong Journal all the very best for the years ahead.
– Daniel Andrews,
Premier of Victoria.
