Forklift-injury fine doubled for repeat offender
After a prosecution appeal, a Dandenong South company has received a conviction and a stiffer fine over its second serious workplace injury involving forklifts...
Panda-monium: Fights, long queues hit Cranbourne store’s opening
Enthusiastic shoppers, an overwhelming turnout, hours of queues, fighting and verbal abuse, vandalism, a police callout, and an early shutdown marked the grand opening...
Appeal for freeway fire footage
Victoria Police is appealing for dashcam footage of a grass fire next to Monash Freeway, Hallam last month.
Police are investigating the cause of...
‘Enough is enough’: 1km round trip from nets to the pavilion
A cricket club’s long wait for relocated cricket nets could extend to up to 15 years as part of a Greater Dandenong Council masterplan.
Since...
Narre Warren Nth man charged following fatal collision
A 47-year-old Narre Warren North man has been charged following a fatal collision that claimed the life of a pedestrian in Wonthaggi yesterday.
Major...
Stolen ute stripped, set on fire in Dandenong South
A stolen Holden ute has been stripped down and then set alight in a Dandenong South industrial estate, police say.
Police say the engine, gear...
‘Unaffordable’ warning on station high-rises
High-rise residential towers will be encouraged in new activity centres for Springvale, Noble Park, Yarraman and Dandenong stations, the Premier and the Minister for...
59 impaired drivers caught in Monash Fwy blitz
More than 50 allegedly impaired drivers were caught in a police blitz on Monash Freeway last weekend.
Police also impounded eight vehicles, issued 18 infringement...
Ride-share driver allegedly kidnapped from Mornington to Noble Park
A man and a woman have been charged with allegedly kidnapping a ride-share driver at knifepoint last month.
The driver had stopped on Mornington-Tyabb Road,...
‘Best value’ pool builder faces new charges
A controversial potential contractor to build Greater Dandenong Council’s $100-million-plus aquatic centre was recommended as the “best value” bid.
On 24 February, councillors had voted...
Strict CCO for drug offender
Southeast man Lionel Albert was sentenced to a strict community corrections order after serving 27 months in custody.
Albert, 41-year-old, was charged and pled...
Housing struggles amdist unemployment rise
As Victoria’s unemployment rate rose to 4.1 per cent in January, a local support service has seen a 20 per cent spike in people...
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Gun allegedly pointed at mother and 7yo child in Tirhatuan Reserve
Police are hunting for a youth on a dirt bike who allegedly pointed a gun at a mother and her seven-year-old daughter in Tirhatuan...
