News
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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…
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Basketball stadium security push
Greater Dandenong Council will investigate beefed-up security measures at Dandenong Basketball Stadium over reports of drug dealing and discarded syringes in the outside grounds. At…
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First look at new train fleet
The first High Capacity Metro Trains have been given an airing in darkness at Dandenong railway station. Still to pass its key safety tests, the…