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State Budget: What’s coming for Greater Dandenong
Premier Jacinta Allan’s first Budget 2024-‘25 is said to be dedicated to helping families. However, much of the budget was a continuation of the 2023-24…
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Stud Rd black-spot campaign won
In a major win for residents, a safer pedestrian crossing at Stud Road, Dandenong North has finally been allocated funds in the 2024-’25 State Budget…
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Tool thief begs for mercy
A 34-year-old man has begged for “one more chance” after pilfering scores of power tools from tradies’ utes in car parks across the South East,…
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Warning for ‘hollowed-out’ economy
Manufacturing industry advocacies are calling for the government to collaborate with and “catalyse” the sector to boost economic productivity. In a panel discussion to understand…
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State Budget: More bus services to Chadstone
More weekend services will be added to the popular Dandenong-Chadstone bus route 800, as part of the 2024-’25 State Budget. Dandenong MP and Public and…
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Budget rebuff for South East
Advocacy group Greater South East Melbourne (GSEM) has criticised the State Budget for a lack of investment in the region. Fresh after hosting a jobs…
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Hope for family-violence prevention service
Post the State Budget, a South-East support service has renewed hope that funding for its family-violence prevention program will continue. Wellsprings for Women’s six-year program…
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Breaking down barriers for women in manufacturing
As female unemployment remains concerning in the South East region, manufacturing industry representatives are advocating for ways to break down the barriers for women –…
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Monash Health pleads guilty over patient death
Monash Health has pleaded guilty to a workplace safety charge over the suicide of a mental-health patient at Casey Hospital, Berwick in 2015. In pleading…
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$1.3m upgrades for schools
Schools in Dandenong North and Endeavour Hills have shared more than $1.3 million in the latest round of federal upgrade funding. Southern Cross Primary School…
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Unchecked urban sprawl is eating our food bowl
Victoria’s food supply is being undermined by increasing land-use competition, fractured planning decisions and a lack of an overarching strategy to develop and feed the…
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On the outer
Greater Dandenong Council is said to be facing a bill possibly worth millions to fix sub-standard disability access at its community and sports buildings. A…
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