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MP cleared of adverse findings in IBAC probe report
Cranbourne MP Pauline Richards has escaped without any adverse findings made against her in the final Operation Sandon report. The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC)…
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Mental wounds cut far and wide
Sydney’s Westmead Hospital has just recently overcame the struggles of the COVID pandemic. However, according to Associate Professor of Psychiatry and director of clinical science…
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Crs ‘incapable’ of planning decisions
Casey Council is silent on the State Government’s looming plans to reduce councillors’ planning powers, in the wake of an anti-corruption body’s report into the…
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E-waste recycler gets ‘green light’
A proposed electronic-waste recycling facility near the popular Greaves Reserve, Dandenong has been given the ‘green light’ by the state’s planning tribunal despite Greater Dandenong…
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Boy charged with Keysy home invasion
A 17-year-old Pakenham boy has been charged with an alleged aggravated home invasion in Keysborough on Saturday 29 July. Police say four males dressed in…
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Road blitz catches 103 speeders
More than 200 offences, including 103 speeding drivers, were detected in a police blitz on the South East’s major arterial. Operation Hammerhead targeted speeding on…
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Crs ‘incapable’ of planning decisions
Greater Dandenong councillors say they have a “vital role” in planning decisions, in the wake of an anti-corruption report into Casey Council. The council would…
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Baby kidnapper released to hotel
A kidnapper who stole a car with a baby inside will be released from prison to stay at a hotel before he is sentenced, despite…
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‘One tree’ in their thousands
Eight-hundred children planted 2300 trees and shrubs in Springvale South on Friday 28 July to launch Greater Dandenong’s One Tree Per Child program. The Year…
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Through First Nation eyes
The WILIAM BIIK exhibition of TarraWarra Museum of Art had its opening in the Greater Dandenong Walker Street Gallery on Saturday 29 July. The TarraWarra…
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Premier’s IBAC evidence revealed
Premier Daniel Andrews says he had “no recollection” of controversial developer John Woodman raising planning matters with him, an IBAC report has noted. The Premier’s…
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Shakespearean defence launched against corruption probe
Two key figures in a property development scandal examined by a corruption watchdog have launched a colourful defence, claiming they never paid or accepted bribes.…