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Fined over forklift safety
A Dandenong South bubble-wrap manufacturer was convicted and fined $10,000 over safety lapses at its workplace. Polycell Australia pleaded guilty at the Dandenong Magistrates Court…
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Female intruder stabs Dandenong man
A man was stabbed by a woman who intruded into his home in Hutton Street, Dandenong, last Sunday week. The 41-year-old resident suffered minor wounds…
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Mugged in Noble Park park
A man was punched unconscious and robbed by a group of three men in Noble Park in a daylight attack. The 36-year-old victim was bashed…
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Toast to success
Positano restaurant owner Gilbert Rigoni and manager Peter Lobo are celebrating the restaurant’s win in the Lifestyle Food Channel’s ‘I Love Food’ awards. The Hallam…
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Three bashed near Dandenong station
A man suffered life-threatening head injuries when he and two other men were bashed in central Dandenong. The men, all in their late 20s, were…
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Hoopla for big day
SAM Star performs with her hula hoops during the inaugural Wachter Reserve Day Out in Keysborough. The event bristled with sports clinics, a towering climbing…
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Apology demand shrugged off
By MELISSA CUNNINGHAM THE Dandenong Benevolent Society is demanding a formal verbal apology from Greater Dandenong councillors over now-disproved claims it had misused funding. At…
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Soldiering on for a Boer War memorial
Daniel Tran talks to those fighting to get Australia’s Boer War soldiers recognised. When the Boer War broke out in 1899 and Britain called for…
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SFL clubs to get defibrillators by weekend
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells LIFE-saving defibrillators are set to be rolled out to all Southern Football League clubs by this weekend. At a cost of more…
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Dandenong traders get security advice
Police will give security tips at a Dandenong Retail Traders Association meeting next week, when Sergeant Steve Ashley will talk about ‘shop safety and security’…
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Cement mixer tips over
A driver was taken to hospital in a stable condition after his cement mixer tipped on its side in Dandenong South last week. The truck…
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Charges over armed robberies
Two young men were charged over nine armed robberies and burglaries in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs after police pursued a stolen car earlier this month. Dandenong…