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House prices down, council rates up
Greater Dandenong household rates will rise, on average, by the State Government rate-cap of 2.5 per cent according to the council’s 2019-20 draft budget. For…
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Sri Lanka bombings hit home
Sri Lankan communities in Melbourne’s South East were reeling after suicide bombers killed hundreds in churches and hotels in their homeland on Easter Sunday. A…
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Four arrested after Market robbery
Four young adults have been arrested soon after a violent robbery outside Dandenong Market. The two victims, aged 39 and 49, were approached by a…
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80yo resident chases down burglar
An 80-year-old Dandenong North resident has set off in hot pursuit of a burglar on Tuesday 16 April. The male intruder had taken off his…
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Drug syndicate busted in dawn raids
A Keysborough address was among 20 properties raided by police as part of an investigation into a “next generation” organised drug ring. Ten men were…
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Stabbed driver crashes into lights
A 45-year-old man suffering a life-threatening stab wound has crashed his car into a traffic light in Dandenong South. The driver’s white Toyota Aurion collided…
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Dandenong’s dirty dozen
Twelve vehicles were impounded in Greater Dandenong as part of an Easter road blitz by Victoria Police. During the five-day Operation Nexus period, police detected…
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Man wanted over credit-card fraud
Police have released images of a man in relation to the alleged use of stolen credit cards in Greater Dandenong. The cards were in a…
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Driver rams police cars, crashes into house
A man has been arrested after allegedly ramming two police vehicles in Dandenong early on Friday 19 April. Police say officers on a routine patrol…
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Police hunt for road-rage driver
Police have released a facial composite of a man believed to have been involved in a road-rage stabbing in Hallam on 10 April. A white…
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Support for South Sudanese youth
In its first six months, a Community Support Group has quickly become a “trusted place” for Greater Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia’s South Sudanese youth. With…
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Walk into history
Few know of the rich heritage embedded in Springvale War Cemetery’s rows of marble headstones and immaculate lawns. On Anzac Day, historian Dr Celestina Sagazio…