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Market to host Black Friday weekend
With Christmas fast approaching, Dandenong Market is set to host Black Friday sales all weekend long, so that everyone can take advantage of discounted prices whilst maintaining…
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Locals caught by surprise in flash floods
A heavy morning downpour on Monday 23 November caught people in the Greater Dandenong region off guard, as properties and roads were flooded and people rescued…
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Singer takes on the world from home
When Melbourne’s lockdown hit, many musicians relied on the virtual world of YouTube and online streaming to stay afloat, so they could continue to perform and…
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$24m Budget boost for schools
A stunning $14 million announcement was greeted with euphoric cheers across Emerson School. Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams got on the school’s PA to announce the…
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Mass defiance dispersed
Walkers took to Greater Dandenong’s streets separately but unified by a cause on Friday 20 November. The eighth annual Walk Against Family Violence – usually…
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Car torched in Molotov attack
A car parked in a Keysborough home’s driveway has been torched by a suspected Molotov cocktail. The car’s interior was extensively damaged in the suspicious…
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Projections light up the night
A group of talented high school and tertiary students are lighting up Dandenong’s Walker Street windows at the Drum Theatre this month, as their large scale…
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Tiger’s tales span the century
An ever-active Fred Kilby celebrated 100 years with family face-to-face and online on Monday 16 November. When he was born, the world faced the post…
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‘Dominant’ billboard rejected
A proposed 40-square-metre electronic billboard in central Dandenong has been rejected by the state’s planning tribunal. VCAT found that the sign at the top of…
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Helping kids to be their best
Students with disabilities are set to be big winners thanks to a funding boost in the upcoming State budget. The budget, due to be handed…
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Truckie caused life-long ’devastation’
A suspended, ice-using truck-driver who ran red lights and catastrophically injured a 17-year-old student on a school crossing on Police Road, Mulgrave has been jailed.…
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Long-Tan up for the battle
In a moment of history, Angela Long and Sophie Tan have been elected as Greater Dandenong Council’s first mayor-deputy mayor team. The Long-Tan team was…