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Panadol jobs boost
Dandenong will be the home for making more than 1 million Panadol tablets a day, creating 85 local jobs. Aspen Australia won the landmark contract…
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Dandenong man dies after three-car crash
A 75-year-old Dandenong man has died in hospital following a three car collision in Mulgrave last week. His white Kia sedan was travelling south on…
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Light of the moon
Enthralling entertainers created a buzz at the Full Moon Festival at Dandenong Market on 23 September. The event hummed with lion and dragon dances, kung…
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Full beams
The Kita Performance Company enthralled those who took in the buzz of the Full Moon Festival at Dandenong Market on 23 September. The event hummed…
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Non-stop fun for kids
Now in its seventh year, the annual City of Greater Dandenong Children’s Festival is celebrating a magical theme. Families are invited to let their imaginations…
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Homeless pitch
A void of affordable rental properties has driven Greater Dandenong into the top tiers of homelessness rates in Victoria. The state seat of Dandenong –…
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Long stretch of road paralysis
The traffic paralysis on Heatherton Road, Endeavour Hills can often drive motorists to despair. In the case of Heather Pereira, the morning peak was so…
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Rags to runway, old into new
It’s kind of a rags-to-riches transformation. Dandenong North fashion student Mikaela Eldridge has a way of turning an opp shop’s damaged and old stock and…
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Walkers step in Denise’s shoes
A cancer survivor has been overwhelmingly backed by friends and family during an inspirational 32-kilometre walk in the South East. Denise Lyons’s attempt at completing…
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Van driver runs over woman twice
A “highly intoxicated” driver who reversed over a woman standing behind his van and then drove forwards back over her has been jailed – and…
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Mobile classes
Mortaza, pictured, swung his hips into an actively interactive, online program at Dandenong West Primary School. The world-first Transform-Us! program gets kids out of their…
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Three-course challenge
There was plenty cooking between business leaders and jobseekers in the Chisholm Institute restaurant recently. Taking part in the Kitchen Challenge, the participants served up…