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Listeria traced to Dandenong South
Health authorities have closed commercial caterer I Cook Foods while they investigate a listeriosis death. An elderly woman died in an eastern suburbs private hospital…
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Inside Amazon’s walls
No car keys. No phones. No bags. No photography. Security was cordial but tight as Star News joined members of Greater Dandenong Chamber of Commerce…
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Stand-off on park’s future
Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams and Greater Dandenong councillor Matthew Kirwan have clashed over the future of ‘surplus’ Melbourne Water land in Dandenong. Since 2014, the…
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Climb out of ice addiction
When Janice Ablett reflects on her efforts on the Ice Meltdown Project, it boils down to 150 lives ‘saved’. She shuns ‘harm minimalisation’, doesn’t receive…
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Funding crunch for ‘first responder’
Wellsprings for Women regards itself as a “first responder” to family violence. However from August, its family violence service is facing an uncertain future with…
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Plan to fast-track velodrome demolition
Greater Dandenong Council is proposing to fast-track the controversial demolition of Maurice Kirby Velodrome in Noble Park as soon as March. On 25 February, councillors…
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Speeding drink-driver loses car
A driver drink-driving at more than twice the legal limit was caught in a daytime police operation near Burden Park, Springvale on Wednesday 20 February.…
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Apartment tower for Herbert Street
A towering apartment building has been given the green-light among predominantly one-storey homes in Dandenong. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal approved the 13.1-metre, four-storey…
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Supper Room’s new life
Springvale Town Hall’s revitalised Supper Room was aptly re-opened with an enticing morning tea. On 19 February, Greater Dandenong mayor Roz Blades cut the ribbon…
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Hospital robbery foiled
An unknown person has foiled an attempted robbery of a worker on a ‘smoko’ break at Dandenong Hospital. The 56-year-old staff member, of Reservoir, was…
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Worker loses thumb, company fined
A Noble Park steel fabrication company has been fined $30,000 after a 28-year-old worker lost his thumb in a workplace accident. The 28-year-old’s left thumb…
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Stolen items ready for return
Dandenong police are seeking to return a treasure trove of 30 stolen items such as power tools, motorcycle gear, drones and industrial equipment. The property…
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