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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…
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Appeal for missing boy
Police are seeking help to find a missing 13-year-old boy. Calen, from Lara, is known to frequent Cranbourne, Doveton, Geelong and Lara, police say. He…
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Dope crop seized in Springvale South
A cannabis crop has been allegedly seized by police during a raid of a Springvale South premises on Tuesday 22 February. Divisional Response Unit officers…
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Warm welcome to Dandenong
A packed Harmony Square in Dandenong welcomed many of the newly-arrived evacuees from Afghanistan that call the South East home. The New Beginnings Community Welcome…
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Workplace toll high in Greater Dandenong
Four people lost their lives at workplaces in Greater Dandenong in 2021 – the equal most in the state, according to WorkSafe data. WorkSafe has…
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SES saviours on the storm frontline
Two years of wild storms have added up to the “busiest years on record” for State Emergency Service Victoria volunteers in Greater Dandenong. The Dandenong-based…
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Get the jump on a community project
Health promotion foundation VicHealth has launched JumpStart! to lift the spirits of kids in Victoria, after two years of tough times. JumpStart! offers community groups…
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