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Coles creates 90 new jobs in Dandenong
Coles has recruited 90 new team members in Dandenong to meet customer demand, with a further 24 positions open, providing much-needed employment opportunities at a time when many Australians are…
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Nine cases of virus confirmed
Nine cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Greater Dandenong – bringing Victoria’s tally to 821, according to the state’s health department’s latest data. In…
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Community ‘heart’ needed for Dandenong
Noble Park has the Paddy O’Donoghue Centre. Keysborough’s getting the Keysborough South Community Hub. And Springvale will shortly have the Springvale Community Hub. So why…
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Open for business
Springvale’s shopping centre has slowed to a trickle after weeks of panic-buying frenzy – and this is the time when traders need our support for…
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Tourists’ frenzied flight as airports shutdown
All seemed well early into Tanila De Silva’s birthday trip with a mate and a cousin to a remote tropical island in the Philippines. Travel…
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Connection in time of crisis
Human connection – albeit at an appropriate distance – is still needed for community wellbeing, and Springvale Neighbourhood House is continuing to facilitate that connection…
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Council services open – at a distance
Greater Dandenong Council is still running services – though under ‘social distancing’ restrictions – during the Covid-19 pandemic. Mayor Jim Memeti said the council was…
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Seeds sown for park’s revival
Fertile ideas are welcome on how to revive a long-barren area of a Keysborough park. Greater Dandenong Council will launch an online survey on the…
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Hub under new scrutiny
Greater Dandenong Council has given the tick for new independent managers at the scandalised Noble Park Community Centre. The former committee and centre manager Brian…
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Council to fight for Yarraman Village trees
Greater Dandenong Council will fight a developer’s proposal to fell 40 mature River Red Gum trees for nine extra dwellings in the Yarraman Village estate.…
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Covid-19 claims two Victorian lives
Two patients have overnight become Victoria’s first coronavirus fatalities, as recorded cases rose to 520. Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton on 26 March confirmed…
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Synthetic cannabis like ‘100 bongs’: armed robber
A drug-fuelled man who threatened to kill during a violent armed robbery has described the influence of synthetic cannabis as like “100 bongs in one”.…
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