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Ice user’s violence remorse on way to nine months’ jail
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS AN ICE-user has been jailed for nine months for striking and detaining his partner in their Noble Park home while he was…
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IT cash is on the desktop table
GREATER Dandenong kinders have shared more than $41,000 in grants. The State Government spread IT and minor infrastructure grants across nine kindergartens and pre-schools. Dandenong…
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New residents care to be there
SOME of Greater Dandenong’s newest residents have enjoyed a picnic in the park. CatholicCare held the multicultural youth and families sports day at Dandenong Park…
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Race day fire cause
INVESTIGATORS have blamed an electrical fault for the fire which left Sandown Racecourse grandstand cordoned off for the Guineas race day. The blaze broke out…
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Employment centre vow
THE Liberal Party has pledged to build an employment and training centre in Dandenong if it wins Saturday’s State Election. The Work and Learning Centre…
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Ghetto fears
SPRINGVALE South residents fear a “ghetto” would eventuate from a five-unit development on a single block in their court. City of Greater Dandenong councillors rejected…
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Firies find body in burning car
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A BODY has been found in a burning car in “non-suspicious” circumstances in Dawn Avenue, Dandenong South this morning. A neighbour told…
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Body found in park
UPDATE Homicide Squad detectives are “confident” that a man, whose body was found in Dandenong Park this morning, has died in suspicious circumstances. Detective Sergeant…
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Invitation to feel valued
By CASEY NEILL A CHANCE chat in a Berwick chicken shop led Chisholm CEO Maria Peters into TAFE. She told last week’s South East Business…
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Law language
By CASEY NEILL SPRINGVALE Police Station is trialling an Australian-first “electronic triage” system to provide better service and save thousands of dollars on interpreter fees.…
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Fuel spill flashpoint
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS AN AVIATION fuel spill that gridlocked the Monash Freeway and the surrounding road network for five hours on Wednesday has ignited concerns…
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‘Please come home’
By CASEY NEILL IT’S been almost three months since Jake Lyons mysteriously left his Dandenong North home. His father Rick went out with friends on…