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Food relief doubles in stage-4
Calls for food relief have surged since the stage-4 lockdown, says Greater Dandenong mayor Jim Memeti. In recent weeks, the council’s Covid material aid food-box…
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Inside the aged-care lockdown
A Greater Dandenong Living Treasure has given powerful testimony that she is simply waiting to die in aged care. Merle Mitchell – a community services…
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2nd aged-care cluster grows
Covid-19 has infected 13 residents and four staff at a second nursing home in Greater Dandenong. At least 19 cases – including at least two…
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Keysborough hub stays put
Eleventh-hour bids have failed to sway Greater Dandenong Council on the location of Keysborough South Community Hub. Despite divided community opinion, the hub will go…
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Covid-19: Second aged-care outbreak
Covid-19 has infected residents and staff at a second nursing home in Greater Dandenong as the council area recorded a spike of 20 new daily…
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NP’s eight-storey ‘village’
A plan to allow towers up to eight storeys in Noble Park’s “village” business district has been put on hold. The proposed Noble Park Major…
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High-tech help breaks isolation
Challenges are nothing new for Twanny Farrugia. But the Covid-19 lockdown presents something “really frightening” to the 66-year-old Springvale transplant survivor. “I’m vulnerable due to…
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Covid-19: Market stall closes
A fruit and vegie stall at Dandenong Market has temporarily closed after a person tested Covid-positive. Margheriti Fresh immediately closed, leaving produce on the shelves,…
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Car vandals’ spree in Endeavour Hills
At least seven parked vehicles have been damaged in a night of vandalism across Endeavour Hills. Unknown vandals slashed the cars’ tyres and smashed windows…
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Response to rising need
Help is being delivered to Red Cross as it reports a “significant spike” in families asking for support for the first time during the Covid-19…
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Sky Rail manager jailed
A highly-paid former manager on the Sky Rail project has been jailed for his part in work rorts worth more than $160,000. Kory Oxley, from…
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Covid-19: Active cases plateau
Active cases in the Dandenong 3175 postcode have dipped by nine in the past week, according to Department of Health and Human Services figures. The…
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