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‘Lewd’ commuter charged
A Dandenong man has been charged over an allegedly lewd act at Huntingdale railway station. Transit Crime Investigation Unit detectives arrested the 37-year-old in Dandenong…
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Teen charged after CFA station fire
A boy has been charged with arson after a fire at Noble Park CFA’s station on Sunday 16 May. Police say that paper and discarded…
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Fire catches bus
Fire crews were called to extinguish a bus that caught fire in Dandenong. Eleven FRV firefighters found the bus’s rear wheel in flames at the…
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Bag-snatcher soon to ride free
A Noble Park man has been sentenced for snatching elderly women’s handbags as he rode unlicensed aboard a scooter in a Dandenong Plaza car park.…
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Rat Pack invasion
Rats and mice have come out to play in Greater Dandenong’s showcase park. Visitors have been alarmed by packs of rats and mice in Dandenong…
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Volunteer rates sub-par
A Greater Dandenong councillor has called for ways to lift volunteering rates in the municipality, which are about half the state average. Councillor Eden Foster…
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Thanks to AMES tutor
AMES Australia tutor Wayne Veal is given lofty respect by his refugee English students. He’s known as ‘Babai’ – which means ‘grandfather in Dari –…
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Saving lives over a cuppa
A naval veteran and ex-RSL president has taken the tragic issue of veterans suicide into his own hands. Naval Association of Australia state president Gordon…
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Injection room not ‘Dandy’
Dandenong has been placed on the agenda for a safe injection facility – despite the State Government ruling out such centres beyond Melbourne CBD. Reason…
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Quiet achiever, mentor to many
One of Dandenong’s giants Ian McDonald – a twice-mayor who involved himself in nearly every walk of life – has been farewelled. At a funeral…
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Morning tea for giving granddad
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is hardly a household name as a deadly, cruel chronic illness. Lisa Giannopoulos, of Springvale South, will be hosting an Australia’s…
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High praise for ‘superstar’ recovery
For ‘Aaron’, the presence of three judges may have boded ill for him. But the Dandenong Drug Court ‘graduate’ was instead feted by a captive…
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