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White Ribbon event marches on
Greater Dandenong’s Walk Against Family Violence will go ahead despite the shutdown of White Ribbon Australia. The council’s acting chief executive Paul Kearsley said the…
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Baby formula burglar jailed
A heroin addict involved in a $541,000 burglary racket targeting baby-formula outlets across Melbourne has been jailed. Gurwinder Gill, 37, pleaded guilty in the County…
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Checking out chess
It’s pawns at 10 paces on Lonsdale Street each week, where young and old convene for the weekly Dandenong Chess Club meets. First established back…
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Child-care refusal overturned
A proposed child care centre in Keysborough has been given the go-ahead despite traffic and amenity objections from Greater Dandenong Council. The Victorian Civil and…
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Armed man arrested in Noble Park
A 31-year-old man wanted on police warrant was arrested in alleged possession of an unregistered revolver and a pen pistol in Noble Park North. The…
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50 residents flee basement fire
Fifty residents were evacuated after a fire started in an apartment building’s basement car park in Buckley Street, Noble Park. The non-suspicious fire started in…
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Burglar nabbed at servo
A Doveton man has been charged with a violent attempted burglary of a Dandenong South petrol station, police say. The 24-year-old allegedly used a fire…
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Man charged over cop-car ramming
An 18-year-old man has been charged over an alleged ramming of a police car in Springvale. Police had allegedly attended to a blue BMW without…
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Boys light Keysborough fire
Three boys are believed to have deliberately started a fire beside a Keysborough walking track. The trio used fence palings to start the small blaze…
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Corey Ablett wanted by police
Police have issued a warrant to arrest 24-year-old Corey Ablett for breaching a community corrections order. He is believed to frequent Melbourne’s eastern suburbs but…
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Tyre recycler fined for ‘severe’ injury
A Dandenong South tyre-recycling factory has been convicted and fined $80,000 after a worker’s arm was mangled in an unguarded tyre shredder. The worker had…
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Meteoric trail
Quick-thinking Star News photographer Rob Carew captured the afterglow of a large meteor of apparent space junk over Dandenong South. The bright cloud – what…
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