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No support in ‘game of attrition’
In a “game of attrition”, Dandenong asylum seeker Siva has been suffering a brutal double-whammy. For eight months, he has been denied an income. He…
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Incinerator’s ‘death of a 1000 cuts’
Environment Victoria has weighed in with calls for an “urgent moratorium” on approvals for the state’s first waste-to-energy plants such as the proposal for Dandenong…
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Driver crashes into shopfront
A driver has crashed into the front window of an empty shop in Lonsdale Street, Dandenong. The 57-year-old Cranbourne West driver is believed to have…
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Facing up to changed times
A Dandenong South manufacturer is moulding itself to markedly changed times. In just six weeks of ingenuity, Micro Plastics retooled, designed and is set to…
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Three-storey village no tall order: VCAT
A three-storey retirement village has been given the green-light in Springvale South despite the objections of Greater Dandenong Council, a resident and the Cambodian Buddhist…
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Haileybury’s high achievers
Nine students from Haileybury College’s Keysborough campus have been recognised for their outstanding academic achievements in the annual Premier’s VCE Awards. The high-achievers include: Lachlan…
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Council opposes incinerator permit
Greater Dandenong councillors have voted to oppose a VCAT planning permit application for a controversial waste-to-energy incinerator in Dandenong South. They unanimously rejected a council…
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Two charged with murder
Two men have been charged with the murder of a man reportedly shot in Endeavour Hills on Monday night, 11 May. A 22-year-old from Endeavour…
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VCAT allows ‘gateway’ bottle shop
A proposed bottle shop directly opposite Noble Park Aquatic Centre has been given the all-clear despite Greater Dandenong Council’s objection. The Victorian Civil and Administrative…
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Violent carjacker on the run
A driver has been bashed during an attempted carjacking in Robinson Street, Dandenong on Sunday afternoon, 10 May. The 25-year-old Frankston East man was approached…
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Man arrested after fatal shooting
A 22-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the death of a man reportedly shot in Endeavour Hills on Monday night, 11 May. The…
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Accused car thief remanded after pursuit
An accused car thief has been remanded in custody after an alleged police pursuit in Keysborough on Wednesday 6 May. The 21-year-old Noble Park man…