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Breakfast wakes to a drunk dog day
COMEDIAN Nelly Thomas isn’t shy about laughing at mental illness, specifically her own life-long tussle with anxiety. Ms Thomas entertained a predominately female audience on…
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No mind for health
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS PSYCHIATRISTS are shunning Greater Dandenong and the south-east corridor in favour of their leafy home suburbs, according to a local mental-health director.…
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Church slams parking plans
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A NOBLE Park pastor, whose church was compelled to spend $70,000 on an off-street car park, has accused Greater Dandenong Council of…
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Police say grass fire was arson
A FIRE that tore through grassland in Dandenong was deliberately lit, police have said. They are appealing for information about the grass and scrub fire…
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Fight stabbing
A DAYLIGHT stabbing landed a Dandenong man in hospital with serious chest wounds. Greater Dandenong CIU Sergeant Glen Cruse said the 30-year-old argued with another…
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Travel card threat
A THIEF armed with a screwdriver made off with nothing but a Myki card after threatening an Endeavour Hills man. The 50-year-old victim was walking…
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Following the creek through the centuries
AS KIDS in the early 1930s my sibilings and I began our expeditions around the little market town of Dandenong, which we fondly recall as…
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Full Nelson
POLICE nabbed four drink drivers in 10 minutes at a Noble Park booze bus including one who was more than five times over the legal…
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Drunks may be let off $130,000 fines
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG drunks could receive a reprieve from huge bills for unpaid fines – some more than $130,000. Greater Dandenong Police Service Area…
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Businesses slammed for poor training
DANDENONG automotive businesses are among eight in Victoria which have been disqualified from hiring apprentices. The Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) looked at 115…
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Break-in and car theft
A DANDENONG North family woke to the sound of thieves stealing their car. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Sergeant Glen Cruse said the white Volkswagon hatch…
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Teens charged after ram raids
POLICE have charged a second teen over a series of ram raids on milk bars in Dandenong and the surrounding area last month. They executed…
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