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Stamps election rort claims
More than $10,000 of stamps were allegedly misappropriated from South East Metropolitan MP Adem Somyurek’s electorate office to help another MP’s re-election, an IBAC inquiry…
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Somyurek office ‘shambolic’
A former staffer for State MP Adem Somyurek has described the electorate office in Dandenong as “shambolic” and “dysfunctional”. Mr Somyurek’s father was paid to…
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Cr Truong out of hospital
Greater Dandenong councillor Loi Truong is back at home after spending nine days in hospital with Covid-19. On 6 October, Cr Truong was put on…
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Casey gets new vax site to bolster numbers
A new vaccination pop-up has launched in Casey as officials race to get ahead of rising cases in the municipality. A vaccination centre has been…
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VCAT allows shisha lounge
Greater Dandenong Council’s refusal of a proposed shisha lounge in Noble Park on health and public amenity grounds has been overturned by the state’s planning…
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Report ’critical’ of authorities
I Cook Foods director Ian Cook says the latest Parliamentary inquiry report into the Dandenong South commercial caterer’s closure raises a lot of questions. “There’s…
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Clear on Slug-gate
Department of Health senior officials have been cleared of deliberately misleading a Parliamentary inquiry into the forced closure of I Cook Foods. But the department…
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Casey launches digital equity framework
The City of Casey has launched its first Digital Equity Framework to improve digital equity and empowerment in the municipality. Digital equity refers to ensuring…
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Multifaith event for LGBTIQ+
Casey Multi-Faith Network will host an online webinar looking at the intersection of faith and sexuality. The online event, titled ‘Harmony and Living One’s Faith…
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Byrne quits intelligence role
Holt MP Anthony Byrne has resigned from his long-held intelligence and security committee position in the wake of his branch-stacking testimony at IBAC. In a…
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Timber legend marks 60
From a lineage of sports champions, Jeff Harvey has scored an incredible 60 years with Bowens. Mr Harvey – or ‘Harvs’ – is admired as…
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Smokes spark home invasion
An apartment resident’s annoying wafting of cigarette smoke has escalated into her son being jailed for a violent, retaliatory home invasion. Matilja Garic, 32, and…