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Crime rate soars 18%
City of Greater Dandenong’s crime rate has soared by 18.6 per cent per capita according to the recent Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) data. The data…
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Keysy on crime vigil
Multiple frightening videos on social media show youths roaming for unlocked cars and houses in Keysborough on Tuesday 13 June. Burglaries and break-ins in Keysborough…
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SMRC marks 30 years’ service
The Southern Migrant Refugee Centre (SMRC) celebrated its 30th anniversary at State Parliament on Friday 16 June just in time for Refugee Week. City of…
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Courage and talent pay off for YG
As a teen, Dandenong-based basketballer Yuot Gai took a giant leap to grab a full scholarship at South Plains College in Texas, USA. Four years…
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Pair charged after police car rammed
A man and a woman have been charged after a police vehicle was allegedly rammed in Pakenham. Police observed an allegedly stolen car being driven…
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Students ride high on new wheels
Graduate engineers have built bikes from scratch to give Dandenong Primary School students their ‘first wheels’. The graduates from United Energy’s 2023 program collaborated on…
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Robber takes axe to health shop
An axe-wielding robber who stole bottles of fish oil capsules from a health store in Springvale is facing likely deportation. Prasanit Sharma, 22, pleaded guilty…
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Teen driver ‘dodges bullet’
A Noble Park teenage dad has “dodged a bullet” after driving his car at a police officer and narrowly missing them by inches. Bailey Hopkins,…
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Torturer jailed for decade
A man who inflicted cruel and prolonged torture sessions against a series of victims in Cranbourne and Dingley Village has been jailed for up to…
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Fast-food child care supported
A proposed child care centre and fast-food outlet on a gateway site in Dandenong North is being supported by Greater Dandenong Council. At a 5…
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SEMMA marks brighter times
The idea for a ‘voice’ for South East manufacturers sprung from a threat to the region’s rolling stock industry in 2003. Twenty years later, 200…
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Council slams tower decision
Greater Dandenong Council has slammed the State Government’s fast-tracked approval of a controversial six-storey apartment tower in central Noble Park. City planning director Jody Bosman…
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