News
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Sports centre gets Federal cash kick-off
A PROPOSED regional multi-purpose sports centre at Tatterson Park has won a $4.86 million Federal funding boost. Greater Dandenong Council had pitched the project to…
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Park may make the cut for new school site
By CASEY NEILL TATTERSON Park could be on the chopping block to make a Keysborough South primary school a reality. City of Greater Dandenong councillor…
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Cool in a crisis
NINE-year-old Bhoomika Gundlur is a Triple Zero hero after diallling emergency services when her baby sister began choking. Bhoomika called triple-zero for her mum, who…
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Budget blow
By CASEY NEILL MP’s college cash promise falls flat… KEYSBOROUGH College was short-changed $10 million in last week’s State Budget. But Keysborough MP Martin Pakula…
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Aid agencies join forces to rescue
GREATER Dandenong’s aid agencies are joining forces to cover shortfalls left by funding cuts. The council hosted representatives from various organisations at the Material Aid…
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Wine scam labelled
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A KEYSBOROUGH principal has told an anti-corruption inquiry that he had no knowledge at the time of a “farrago of untruths” involving…
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Cash in the bank for loans relief
A DANDENONG affordable-loan service for disadvantaged families has had its funding exended for a further four years. In last week’s State Budget, Good Money was…
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Life back in the land
FALLOW land at a Dandenong school is set to be converted into a working ‘urban farm’ including a community compost and vegie garden, livestock, a…
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Mum’s up early for Cambodian breakfast
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS HERE’S an all-day breakfast with a difference. Many of My Cambodia’s early diners opt for a noodle-thick Phnom Penh soup enmeshed with…
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Relief over train order
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG manufacturers say rail investment in last week’s State Budget has put the region on track for a prosperous future. Bombardier in…
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Transport team makes light work of heavy lifting
By CASEY NEILL “WE’VE all got to work together to make it happen.” And Membrey’s Transport and Crane Hire managing director Craig Membrey certainly did…
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Companies pay to avoid falling through a gap in the net
By CASEY NEILL COREX Plastics is forking out $30,000 for the internet speed it needs – despite the National Broadband Network cable running right past…