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Cricket pitches for no velodrome
Sports clubs are making their last pitches ahead of Greater Dandenong’s decision on the controversial future of Parkfield Reserve’s velodrome. The reserve’s tenants Parkfield Cricket…
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Man wanted over Noble Park cafe fire
A man is being sought by police over a suspicious fire at a Noble Park cafe. Emergency services were called to a fire at the…
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Call to back our mates
Twenty-one councils from NSW and Victoria have joined City of Greater Dandenong’s campaign against income cuts to asylum seekers in the community. The councils, led…
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Dramas of ‘getting smashed’
The Smashed Project is proof that learning can be entertaining – even on the serious issue of underage drinking. Theatre-in-education group Gibber Australia has visited…
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Minister’s vision for change
Barely pausing from a landslide election campaign, Dandenong’s newest cabinet member Gabrielle Williams says the hard work is in front of her. Her first days…
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Campfires lit on Eastlink trail
Police are investigating two illegal fires lit on the Eastlink Trail in Joffre Street Noble Park. The fires were lit 300 metres apart approximately 9pm…
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Tyres slashed on 30 vehicles
Three males have slashed tyres on 30 vehicles during an early-morning spree of vandalism in Springvale. The unknown offenders were captured on CCTV driving in…
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Cabbie robbed at knifepoint
A taxi driver has been held up at knifepoint after being ordered to a pick-up address in Kyla Avenue, Dandenong. The cabbie was met by…
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Accused thief wanted by police
Police are seeking to arrest a 39-year-old man known to frequent Keysborough, Dandenong and Doveton. Leigh Neil is the subject of a police warrant for…
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South-East MPs fill Cabinet
Dandenong-based MPs Gabrielle Williams and Adem Somyurek are in and Keysborough MP Martin Pakula shuffled in a new-look State Cabinet. In the new gender-equal cabinet…
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Police search for missing man
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Thayaparan Kanapathipillai. The 33-year-old was last seen at his Doveton home about 3pm on Saturday 1…
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‘Ghost town’ plea
A councillor is calling for Dandenong’s parking-meter regime to be relaxed, with parts of the ‘revitalised’ precinct resembling a ghost town. Traders in parts of…