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Motorbikes, trailer stolen in Hallam
BURGLARS used a forklift to load three motorbikes on to a trailer at Hallam Yamaha about 6.30am on June 3 and steal them. The thieves,…
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Speeding driver evades police
POLICE are hunting a driver who lost control of his car and fled on foot after a high-speed chase in Doveton. Senior Sergeant Phil Byrne,…
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Man sought over Endeavour Hills attack
AN elderly woman, who was viciously attacked with a sharp weapon in her Endeavour Hills home last month, has recovered enough to help police construct…
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Schools' cash confusion
By Alecia Pinner: apinner@mmpgroup.com.au SCHOOL principals in the City of Greater Dandenong have been left confused by contradictory Gonski figures released by the state and…
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Dandenong CFA spends $14.7m on expansion
By DANIEL TRAN: dtran@mmpgroup.com.au DANDENONG Country Fire Authority aims to be fully prepared for serious bushfire threats, having begun construction of a state-of-the-art emergency management…
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Greater Dandenong council cops a scolding
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS: clucadou-wells@mmpgroup.com.au THE back-flipping bureaucractic bungle over a pensioner’s shopping has grown to comic proportions with an apparent failure by council staff to…
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Dandenong CCTV cameras win praise
By DANIEL TRAN: dtran@mmpgroup.com.au POLICE are praising new security cameras installed in one of Dandenong’s busiest precincts as a deterrent against criminals and vandals. Commander…
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Muddling swindler fined $10,000
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS: clucadou-wells@mmpgroup.com.au A NOBLE Park North man – described as “more of a muddler than an arch-fraud” – has been ordered to compensate…
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Dandenong North driver found asleep with drugs in car, court told
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A FORMER private investigator was allegedly caught by police with 52 grams of methamphetamine, an “ice” pipe and more than $2000 cash in…
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Sacked: Dandenong South workers claim discrimination makes them sick
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS: clucadou-wells@mmpgroup.com.au TWO cancer patients claim they have been dismissed rather than eased back into work at their Dandenong South workplace. Stephen Bonner…
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Car slams into Dandenong North house
A CAR slammed into a house in Dandenong North early this morning. Police say the driver clipped a parked car before crashing into the house…
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Dandenong drug bust as bad driving leads police to haul
By JARED LYNCH, The Age A MAN caught driving erratically has led police to uncover a haul of cash and drugs. The 29-year-old man from Lynbrook was nabbed…