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Open-air trading – the new normal?
In a bid to boost Covid-struck retailers, Greater Dandenong will look at encouraging more tables and chairs on footpaths, says mayor Jim Memeti. Meanwhile, the…
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Dope crops seized in house raid
Police seized 22 cannabis plants and ammunition during a raid of a house in Haresta Avenue Dandenong on Thursday 10 September. Dandenong Divisional Response Unit…
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Burglar’s jail-letter threat to victims
A burglar who wrote a threatening letter to his ransacked victims from jail has avoided further prison time. Jordan Constable, now 36, offered $10,000 as…
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Call for late-night pokies ban
Greater Dandenong has joined a joint-council push against pokies venues opening up to 20 hours a day. Eight metro Melbourne mayors including Greater Dandenong’s Jim…
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Ethnic communities to get daily Covid bulletins
Seven Victorian ethnic communities will receive daily news bulletins regarding Covid-19, in their own language, broadcast on their local community radio station, from Wednesday 16 September.…
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Lockdown defiers take court action
In defiance of Covid shutdown rules, locks have been illegally broken “on a daily basis” on the multi-sport courts at Dandenong Park. The council had…
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Ice driver targets police
An ice-fueled driver has driven at four police officers and rammed an occupied police car six times in a home’s driveway in Kirkham Road, Dandenong.…
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Hazardous-waste blaze
Six people were evacuated from a fire at a hazardous-waste management site in Ordish Road, Dandenong South. Almost 30 firefighters and seven appliances from Dandenong,…
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‘Reckless drug driver’ chased by Airwing
A Keysborough man with an alleged stash of meth and cash in a speeding car has been chased by police through the East and South…
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Covid-19: Second probe at meatworks
A possible second Covid outbreak has been reportedly linked to a Dandenong South abattoir. The Australian Meat Group factory was announced as one of the…
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EPA fines soil treatment plant
A contaminated-soil treatment plant in Dandenong South has been fined by the state’s pollution watchdog for unauthorized building works. The Renex Group thermal treatment facility…
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Covid-19 death toll revealed
Sixteen residents with Covid-19 have died in aged-care homes in Greater Dandenong, according to reported figures. It’s just above a quarter of the 61 residents…
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