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Hoon crowds fined under new powers
Spectators at illegal hoon events have been copping police fines under new Greater Dandenong Council by-laws. Police booked 10 drivers and spectators at a hoon…
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MP’s ‘gruelling’ IVF course
Dandenong MP and Minister Gabrielle Williams has told of her “gruelling roller coaster of hope and despair” undergoing IVF in a powerful speech to State…
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Gardens trial green-light
Community gardens are set to be trialled for two years on council-owned open space in Keysborough and Springvale. Subject to approvals, the trial gardens are…
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Prison time for home invader
A Dandenong man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for participating in a violent aggravated home invasion that has left a…
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Children welcome at hub
Greater Dandenong Council has allayed fears that the long-awaited Dandenong Community Hub will be ‘childless’. In a meeting on 13 September, councillors voted for its…
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Language stars awarded
A pair of students from the Victorian School of Languages (VSL) in Dandenong have topped the state. Borbala Szalo, a student of Hungarian, and Sanya…
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Long lines for Covid shots
A massive turn-out greeted the opening of central Dandenong’s pop-up Covid vaccine clinic on Thursday 16 September. Far from vaccine-hesitant, queues lined nearly the length…
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Teens arrested in anti-gun raids
Two teens in Dandenong North have been arrested as part of a police operation against illicit firearms used by street gangs. In a three-day operation…
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Man injured in freeway pile-up
A man has been injured following a crash involving a ute and two trucks on Monash Freeway in Doveton. The 23-year-old Ferntree Gully man in…
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Six charged with fake-telco scam
Two Greater Dandenong men are among six arrested by police over a sophisticated mobile phone scam. After a 12-month investigation, Cybercrime Squad detectives arrested a…
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Covid-19: Vaccines in Palm Plaza
A pop-up Covid-19 vaccine clinic is set to open at Palm Plaza car park in Dandenong. In response to the area’s lagging vaccine rates, the…
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Players foul CHO orders
With not so much as a yellow card, soccer players are regularly defying Covid restrictions at a primary school’s sports courts after hours, a principal…
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