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Council ‘baulked’ $1.2m legal bill
Greater Dandenong Council abandoned all 96 charges against Dandenong South factory I Cook Foods and director Ian Cook only to avoid legal costs of up…
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‘Compelling’ evidence for closure: Sutton
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has told a Parliamentary inquiry he has “no doubt” he made the right call to close I Cook Foods’ factory.…
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Shisha ‘floodgates’ opening?
The floodgates may have opened for more shisha-smoking lounges in Greater Dandenong after a recent state planning tribunal decision, according to a Greater Dandenong councilor.…
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Keys to heritage survival
Greater Dandenong’s 2020 citizen-of-the-year and historian Chris Keys has urged for Keysborough’s oldest public building to be saved from ruin. The president of Dandenong and…
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No space for ‘unchanged’ subdivision
A proposed subdivision in Noble Park that little changes the existing building has been rejected by the state’s planning tribunal. In her reasons on 23…
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Private donation saves Court Network
Court Network will continue its Family Court support services, after a stunning private donation at the 11th hour revived the organisation. And in a poetic…
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JP services find a home
After three months of Covid-related displacement, Justices of the Peace have found a home in Springvale. As a temporary solution, the services have been made…
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Moving sign of a deeper bond
Dandenong CFA’s main fire truck is emblazoned with professional Aboriginal artwork that paints a life-saving message. The ‘Smoke alarms save lives’ slogan adorned with proud…
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Join the ‘kindness pandemic’
Jewish affirmations intersect in the concept of Torah as the ordering of human existence. Humans are ethically responsible creatures who are responsive to Nature. Shalom…
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Rider killed in Springvale South
A motorcycle rider has died in a crash with a car in Springvale South on Wednesday 24 June. The motorbike, also carrying a pillion passenger,…
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Legal service gets Covid funding
Springvale Monash Legal Service is one of the lucky recipients of joint State and Federal Government funding to help community legal centres across the state…
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New Covid test site in Dandenong
For those dreading the snaking queues at community testing sites, another Covid-19 testing option has opened up in Dandenong. Innovation Health Medical Centre in Dandenong…