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Road ‘black spots’ funded
Five road projects in Greater Dandenong have received more than $2.5 million as part of the Federal Government’s ‘Black Spot’ program. The upgrades include $917,000…
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Covid-19: Springvale garage quarantined
Workers at a Springvale workshop have been quarantined after two colleagues tested positive to Covid-19. About 10 workers at Torque Converter Technologies are awaiting test…
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Rider killed in Kingsclere Ave
A male motorcyclist has died in a crash at Kingsclere Avenue Keysborough. The 49-year-old Noble Park man was travelling on Marouba Avenue on a 2009…
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Council denies misleading Parliament
Greater Dandenong Council has denied “many of the assertions” in an incendiary letter from I Cook Foods accusing the council of misleading a Parliamentary inquiry.…
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Mayors send election SOS
The State Government is under mounting pressure from a “vocal” minority of councils to postpone October’s local government elections. Greater Dandenong mayor Jim Memeti said…
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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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