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Robbed in street
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a robbery in Foster Street, Dandenong. A Dandenong man, 24, was walking home across the road from Dandenong Railway…
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There’s no better twilight friend than a melodious thrush
For some time over summer, husband Don and I have been privileged at twilight to be serenaded by a melodious feathered songster which perches in…
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Imitation firearm charges
A SPRINGVALE teen had a memorable Valentine’s Day for all the wrong reasons. Police received reports of a man waving around a handgun on Parkmore…
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Mortgage broker’s credit licence suspended
A DANDENONG-BASED mortgage broker will be out of the industry for five years following concerns about his conduct. Parmjit Singh agreed to cancel his Australian…
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Fined for cosmetic theft
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A MAN has been ordered to pay back more than $2000 to a Keysborough supermarket after going on a cosmetics stealing spree.…
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Cash boost to save energy
THREE Greater Dandenong businesses will soon be saving energy, thanks to $59,760 in grants. South Eastern Metropolitan Region MP Gordon Rich-Phillips announced the cash boost…
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Old cop shop, court burn in arson spree
By CASEY NEILL SPRINGVALE’S former police station and court house were torched during an arson spree last night. Greater Dandenong CIU detectives are interviewing a…
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In the running
By CASEY NEILL IMAGINE driving a billy cart. Down a water slide. At 130 kilometres an hour. This is how Winter Olympian and former Dandenong…
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Taxi drivers’ police plea
By CASEY NEILL TAXI drivers are calling for more support from police, following a drunken assault in Dandenong last Monday. Sojan Thomas told the Journal…
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Unfair fines hit
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG Plaza is unfairly fining shoppers, claiming they’ve overstayed in time-restricted parking zones. Loraine Doran parked on level one in the Clow…
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Bunny busters
By CASEY NEILL A PLAGUE of rabbits has brought an influx of foxes to a Keysborough school site. But a solution to a five-year battle…
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Charity keeps pot topped up
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS “SOMETIMES the pot was on top of the fire and there was nothing to put in it. I know what it’s like…