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Lighting the darkness
With the recent lifting of some restrictions and the anticipated hope of more to come, a gentle sigh of relief is slowly rippling, cautiously, outwardly.…
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Election 2020: Strong support for Tan and Lim
Sitting Greater Dandenong councillor Sophie Tan and Springvale pharmacist Richard Lim appear to be resoundingly elected for the next four years. In early election counting,…
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Man charged with taxi carjacking
A man has been charged with carjacking a taxi in central Dandenong on Sunday evening (25 October). The 32-year-old allegedly stole the taxi in Clow…
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Cannabis crop arrests in Noble Park
Two men have been arrested and cannabis seized by police from a house in Noble Park. Springvale police found an alleged hydroponic set-up in a…
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Election 2020: Memeti in, Sampey out
Four-time mayor Jim Memeti will be emphatically returned, while ex-mayor Maria Sampey has conceded she has lost her seat in the City of Greater Dandenong…
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Update: Honest Restaurant sticks to rules
A Dandenong restauranteur will no longer defy Chief Health Officer directions after an accelerated easing of restrictions was announced this afternoon (26 October). Minid Patel…
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Restaurant set to defy lockdown
A Dandenong restaurant owner is willing to cop a fine of nearly $10,000 in defiance of Covid lockdown rules. Minid Patel is set to re-open…
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Residents’ last stand
Residents at a Noble Park housing estate feel duped after developers were given VCAT’s green light to bulldoze “the only trees in the village”. Homeowners…
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Pitch for $70 levy saving
Greater Dandenong Council is tight-lipped on a resident-mooted “opportunity” to reduce the Keysborough South open-space levy by 20 per cent. The $70 reduction on the…
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Centrelink workers sacked
About 420 Centrelink call-centre casual workers in Dandenong and Mill Park have been sacked in what a union has termed a “disgraceful attack”. Some of…
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Pair arrested in drugs raid
Two people have been arrested after a police raid seized guns and drugs from a property in Noble Park. Dandenong CIU detectives executed a drugs…
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Thousands lost in ATO phone scam
Police are hunting for a man, pictured in a Springvale bank, who was allegedly involved in a $9000 phone scam. The victim, a 41-year-old Tarneit…