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Waste-to-energy plant on back-burner
Equis Environmental Projects has sensationally backed away from plans for a $250 million waste-to-energy plant in Taylors Road Dandenong South. Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA)…
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Crucial skills to the Council table
What does International Women’s Day mean to you? International Women’s Day for me is about celebrating women and our strengths. It is also a time…
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Change at the top
As of last December, the City of Greater Dandenong gained its first all-female leadership team of CEO, mayor and deputy mayor, all of whom come…
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Rob makes a splash on Neil’s Cruise
A small family business in Dandenong was up against some serious big-corp competition in an annual Neil’s Cruise for the Kids fundraiser. What started in…
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Kicking goals for 30 years
An inclusive soccer academy in Dandenong has reached new heights as it took out a prestigious award on its 30th anniversary. All Abilities Soccer Academy…
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Six-storey future for Noble Park
A plan to allow towers up to six storeys in Noble Park’s CBD has been endorsed by Greater Dandenong Council. At a council meeting on…
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’Long wait over’ for Keysborough hub works
Building is set to start within months on the long-awaited $22.9 million Keysborough South Community Hub. On 27 February, Greater Dandenong Council formally selected Melbcon…
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Pair charged after dope raid
A Keysborough pair have been charged with cultivating cannabis after a police raid on Thursday 2 March. More than 50 cannabis plants and a sword…
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Man dies at Lysterfield Lake
A paddle boarder has been found dead at Lysterfield Lake on Saturday 4 March. The 38-year-old man from Clayton was last seen in the water…
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No jail for hit-run driver
A hit-run driver who mowed down another motorist at the side of Glasscocks Road in Lyndhurst has been spared jail. Fiame Teo, 45, of Hampton…
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Planting for a non-plastic future
Lyndhurst locals Neesh and Amanda are saving the world, one bamboo plant at a time. Their business The Little Big Bamboo is a sustainable bamboo…
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Visit ban reversed for Dad’s funeral
In a surprise turnaround, a Cambodian man has won a desperate fight to attend his late father’s funeral in Springvale. Chhayly, 18, had made multiple…