Tribute bands soak up the glory
By CHAD VAN ESTROP
Swedish pop group Abba last performed in Melbourne 36 years ago — the last of three concerts at the Sidney Myer...
Man beaten in Noble Park reserve
A man was hospitalised with serious head injuries after being beaten in a Noble Park reserve. Police say the victim, a 32-year-old Noble Park...
Good rapport with youth stems from a 'fair approach'
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
AT the Dandenong-based Safe Suburbs taskforce, there's a feeling that things have markedly changed since adopting its new firm but fair approach.
Dandenong's...
Algal outbreak closes water sport centre in Bangholme
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
ALGAL blooms have sunk the peak-season plans of competition rowers, slalom skiers and waterskiers at the National Water Sports Centre in Bangholme.
Parks...
Stabbing in Dandenong Plaza
A man was fighting for his life after being stabbed in the back in a shopping centre car park in Dandenong last Monday. Police...
Dandenong Hospital: Patient care still, but no 'potting' rabbits
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
THE high jinks of former Dandenong Hospital nurse Norma Dickson would probably shock a modern medical bureaucrat into cardiac arrest.
The Dandenong retiree...
Industry hub 'should be in Dandenong South'
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
AN advanced manufacturing precinct in Clayton proposed by the federal government should be shifted to Dandenong South, an industry peak body chief...
Dreyfus attacks Nalliah over anti-Islam remarks
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
ISAACS MP and federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has condemned anti-Islam political aspirant Daniel Nalliah's views as having "no place" in Australia.
Mr Dreyfus...
Volgren bus dispute continues
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
WORKERS at a Dandenong South bus-making factory are expected to extend a six-month industrial dispute by voting down a pay offer on...
Pakula tipped as Holding successor
By DAN MOSS, STATE PARLIAMENT EDITOR
THE next likely Lyndhurst MP could be chosen by March 20 after the Labor Party meets to preselect its...
Memories, in Technicolor
SOME memories never fade away - like a movie reel, they go on and on.
Take the old days at the Dandenong Town Hall. The...
Stepping up for youth in trouble
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
EXCLUSIVE/VIDEO: A NEW team of peacemakers will soon be patrolling Greater Dandenong's streets with Victoria Police.
BJ Kour, an African youth outreach worker,...