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Primary school closes for Covid-19
A third school in the region has temporarily closed due to a Covid-19 infection with Greater Dandenong’s active cases rising to 99. On 27 July,…
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Aged care cluster climbs
A Covid-19 outbreak at Dandenong North aged care centre Outlook Gardens is among an alarming spike of cases in Greater Dandenong. As of 26 July,…
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Hospital ‘prisoners’ distraught
A terminal cancer-patient has won a fight to be visited by his children despite ever-tightening restrictions on hospital visits. Bradley Scicluna, 43, from Lynbrook, had…
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160km/h drug driver pays the price
A drug-driver and two passengers face a collective bill of at least $5700 after their car was detected speeding up to 160 km/h on Eastlink,…
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Trip of a lifetime spent home alone
Things were very different in 1970, when 450 guests feted Joe and Teresa Rechichi’s wedding. Fifty years on, thanks to a certain pandemic, the Springvale…
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Covid case at Outlook Gardens
Outlook Gardens in Dandenong North is one of five Victorian aged care centres linked to their first Covid-19 cases. On 24 July, there were seven…
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Appletons reap as we sew
Sewing machine needles started zipping into action when Melburnians were ordered onto Covid-protective masks. The hot trend hasn’t escaped 74-year-old Kevin Appleton and wife Janiab…
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Ratings up for CGD
Greater Dandenong Council is rating higher than the metro council average, according to the latest Victorian Government community satisfaction survey. The council surpassed its previous…
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Home-destroyer more than a Payne
A Bangholme man who twice broke into an ex-partner’s house, destroyed her furniture, cut all electrical cords and spilled yellow paint on her new carpet…
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Art brings migrants home
Arriving in Australia in 1982 at the age of 17, Dr Dacchi Dang recalls a rush of activity: of being bundled into a car from…
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‘We deserve fresh air’: school
Leaders of a Keysborough school and a cultural centre say their students and members will be endangered by an EPA-approved waste-to-energy plant. Mt Hira College…
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‘No plan’ to move heavy industries
Mayor Jim Memeti’s call to move away Greater Dandenong’s ‘offensive’ industry zone is not supported by the council or State Government. After the EPA approved…
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