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Doveton drink-driver 0.25
A Doveton woman was caught driving at more than five times the legal blood-alcohol limit in Langwarrin, police say. The 43-year-old’s silver Kia Rio sedan…
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Clean Up Greater Dandenong
Clean Up Australia Day activities are taking place across the Greater Dandenong on Sunday 6 March. Council’s Clean Up Australia Day event this year will…
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Emphasising respect in schools
A concerning rise in incidents of aggression towards school staff from parents and carers has sparked policies and resources to promote respectful behaviours in schools.…
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Looking Back
100 years ago 23 February 1922 Soft Seats at Town Hall A number of energetic and patriotic ladies met at the Memorial Hall Dandenong last…
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The F in Feb is for footy
TYLER: Welcome back to Let’s Talk Sport, I am stating on the record that this will be the GOAT Let’s Talk Sport; you boys will…
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Hotel ‘fire trap’ claims
The owner of a Dandenong hotel building is fighting charges of failing to comply with orders to fix an alleged litany of fire risks. Emad…
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Outcry at Russia’s “aggression”
Greater Dandenong Council has condemned the Russian Federation’s “breach of international law and aggression” inflicted on Ukraine. “We stand united with our Ukraine local community…
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Invasion shocks Noble Park branch
Ukrainian-Australians’ fears for relatives grow as a widely condemned Russian military invasion advances in Ukraine. The Noble Park-based Asssociation of Ukrainians in Victoria president Liana…
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Importer charged over workplace death
A stone importer has been charged by WorkSafe over the fatal crushing of a worker at a Dingley Village warehouse. The 34-year-old woman died after…
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Stand for the forsaken
Greater Dandenong has joined a call for an end to the “cruel” treatment of more than 90,000 refugees and people seeking asylum who are “living…
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Sth East’s site for sore eyes
A surge of primary-school-aged students and Afghanistan evacuees are being treated for eye difficulties, according to a Dandenong optometrist. Dee Makadia, the optometry director at…
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Carer hosts clan lab
A man has faced sentence after hosting a clandestine meth lab in his ailing father’s home shed in Doveton. Alexander Ballantyne, 39, had been a…