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Council, cyclists plan 11th-hour talks
An 11th-hour meeting has been arranged between Greater Dandenong councillors and cyclists seeking to save the Parkfield Reserve cycling track. Cr Maria Sampey invited Cycling…
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Students step up for change
Family violence is an issue that’s tackled head-on at Hallam Senior College. Students in a VCAL personal development skills class themselves chose the cause –…
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Reds in the flower bed
It’s that time of year when Karinga Nursery’s rich red poinsettia blooms are off to market. Roy Schirmer has hundreds of the flowers primed in…
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DBA’s tournament assist
Dandenong Basketball Association has offered to save a long-running national tournament for South Sudanese Australian players. The upcoming Summer Slam competition was scrapped by the…
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Cabinet hits the reset button
In a sweeping State Cabinet reshuffle, Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams will oversee family-violence prevention. The issue has been identified as the State Government’s no.1 law-and-order…
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Heavy forces, light learning at Luna Park
Keysborough College joined more than 1400 female students on the rides of Luna Park as part of a pioneering science and maths event. Taking outdoor…
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Road rage at school drop-off
A father-of-two has been punched while dropping his children off at school in a road-rage attack in Carlton Road, Dandenong North on Wednesday, 14 November.…
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Phoenix up in flames
A classic American car has been torched at a factory on Healey Road, Dandenong South. The 1964 Dodge Phoenix was deliberately set alight about midnight…
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House of high-powered weapons and drugs
Two Lyndhurst ‘ice’ addicts were found living in an ‘Aladdin’s cave’ of drugs, firearms and a stolen Ford Mustang, the County Court of Victoria heard.…
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Williams, Somyurek elevated to Cabinet
Dandenong-based state MPs have been the winners in a State Cabinet reshuffle three days after an emphatic election victory. In a stellar rise, Dandenong MP…
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Mayor Roz’s unifying message
Greater Dandenong’s newly-elected mayor Roz Blades has nominated public transport and homelessness as among her top priorities over the coming 12 months. “I want to…
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Man attacked at shoe shop
A man waiting outside a Dandenong Plaza store during afternoon peak-time has been dragged towards the car park by would-be robbers. A verbally aggressive male…