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State Election: meet your Keysborough candidates
KEYSBOROUGH Includes Keysborough and parts of Springvale South and Noble Park. Held by Martin Pakula (ALP) (margin 11.9%) xxx Name: Hung Vo Party: Independent Age:…
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State Election: meet your Dandenong candidates
DANDENONG Includes Dandenong, Doveton and Eumemmerring. Parts of Dandenong North, Dandenong South, Endeavour Hills, Noble Park and Noble Park North. Held by Gabrielle Williams (ALP)…
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State Election: meet your Mulgrave candidates
MULGRAVE Includes parts of Dandenong North, Noble Park, Noble Park North and Springvale. Held by Daniel Andrews (ALP) (4.5%) xxxx Maree Davenport Liberal Party Age:…
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Needled into inertia
Discarded syringes are plaguing parkland next to Dandenong Basketball Stadium but it is unclear what authority will take responsibility. Resident Lana Formoso, whose family live…
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Walking Mandela’s road to freedom
REVIEW This is as close as most can get to following the soaring example of humanitarian and former South African president Nelson Mandela. The richly-detailed…
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Police search for teen
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Jackie Stephens. The 18-year-old woman was last seen at a Dandenong address on 15 November. Police…
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Tough-on-crime not ‘smart’
State election candidate Laura Chipp is no “soft leftie”. But the head of Victoria Police’s childrens court prosecution unit says the ramped-up ‘tough on crime’…
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Hallam traffic snarl to go: Libs
A Hallam intersection will be removed by a Liberal-Nationals Government, if elected in the 24 November State Election. The intersection at Princes Highway, Belgrave-Hallam Road…
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ALP, Libs skip pokies forum
Major political parties were in the minority at a State Election pokies Q&A at Dandenong Civic Centre. Of the ‘big two’ parties, Labor’s upper house…
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Bridge of mateship
Two World War II veterans of the Gippsland Regiment joined a rich ceremony launching a re-named Monash Freeway footbridge in their batallion’s honour. Wally Whitmore…
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Ute ploughs head-on with tree
Two men were injured when a Falcon XR6 ute crashed head-on into a tree on Springvale Road, Waterways. A man in his 30s and a…
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Carers share in the fun
Unpaid carers were treated to an entertaining free lunch staged by Carers Victoria. The guests enjoyed a feast as well as a performance by comedian…