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Man wanted for lewd act on train
Transit Crime Investigation Unit is appealing for public assistance to identify a man after he allegedly showed pornography to a 10-year-old child. Investigators have been…
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Bank burner jailed
A man who poured a container of petrol and set fire to himself inside the front door of a Springvale bank full of customers has…
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Speaking up for the voiceless
A Tamil interpreter who worked at Australia’s off-shore detention centres has made a public plea for its captives. Wicki Wickiramasingham, who was recently crowned as…
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Pell verdict shocks priest
It’s been a strange week for recently retired pastor Michael Shadbolt at Doveton’s Holy Family Church. In the first days of renouncing his priestly robes,…
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Peg’s family-life a ‘blessing’
Flanked by a huge brace of family, Doreen ‘Peg’ Hill celebrated her 90th birthday in dappled sunshine at Wilson Botanic Park. The Dandenong-born great-grandmother says…
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Golfers score high for charity
About 100 golfers teed off for the 10th annual City of Greater Dandenong charity golf day. The Take a Swing for Charity event at Huntingdale…
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$60m retail precinct underway
Construction has been started on a $60 million retail development in Dandenong South. The 2.5-hectare Logis retail precinct is the latest part of the industrial…
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‘Predatory’ rapist lured backpacker on Gumtree
A father of six who lured, imprisoned and repeatedly raped a foreign backpacker for six hours in a Keysborough motel room has been jailed. Alimadad…
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Arsonist brags of destruction
A gloating arsonist has bragged and filmed video of his “handiwork” that destroyed a Lyndhurst car restorer’s shed, tools and cars, the County Court has…
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Beaten and robbed in Springvale street
A man has been punched in the head during a robbery by two male assailants in Osborne Avenue, Springvale. The 26-year-old dropped his mobile phone…
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Masterplan ’advances to Go’
Greater Dandenong Council has been blasted for spending money like a “game of Monopoly” by fast-tracking the demolition of Maurice Kirby Velodrome in Noble Park.…
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Woman attacked in violent bag robbery
A 19-year-old woman has been attacked and robbed while walking in Dandenong North early on 19 February. She was tripped from behind by a man…
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