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  • Burglar snares car and credit cards

    Burglar snares car and credit cards

    A man has allegedly stolen car keys and a car from a Noble Park home while the residents were asleep, police say. The burglar is…

  • Cable thieves caught on camera

    Cable thieves caught on camera

    Burglars have broken in and stolen a ute-load of copper wiring from a Dandenong South cable manufacturer’s yard on 15 July. The three intruders cut…

  • 207km/h driver arrested on Monash

    207km/h driver arrested on Monash

    A man’s car has been impounded after being allegedly detected speeding at more than 200 km/h on Monash Freeway. The Holden Commodore was clocked on…

  • Milk-bar robbers get the shakes

    Milk-bar robbers get the shakes

    A Dandenong milk-bar owner has bravely fought and scared off two robbers who appeared to be armed with guns. “I had no time to think,”…

  • Level crossing gone by September

    Level crossing gone by September

    The deadly Abbotts Road level crossing is set to be removed by early September – several months ahead of schedule. The State Government has announced…

  • The final frontier

    The final frontier

    The sky is the limit for Dandenong, which has leapt to the forefront of Australia’s space technology program. DefendTex, which is based in Dandenong, will…

  • Stabbed in street

    Stabbed in street

    A man in his twenties was assaulted and died at the scene outside a milk bar in Doveton on Thursday evening, 19 July. Police and…

  • Coach defeats basketball bans

    Coach defeats basketball bans

    A junior coach has told of the personal toll after defeating bans by basketball authorities from entering Dandenong basketball stadiums. After a bitter legal stoush,…

  • Pet suffers cruellest of cuts

    Pet suffers cruellest of cuts

    Three brutal slashes of a blade have maimed a gentle-natured pet in her family’s Doveton backyard. RSPCA are investigating the unthinkably cruel acts that sliced…

  • Sifting ‘fairyland’ from reality

    Sifting ‘fairyland’ from reality

    Victoria Police is at odds with the Federal Government over the existence of ‘African youth gangs’. In contradiction to remarks of senior government ministers, a…

  • Building wells of compassion

    Building wells of compassion

    Students at Mt Hira College have dug in to help provide fresh water in the trouble-struck country Myanmar. On 16 July, students presented $2400 to…

  • Gang talk ‘hurting’ in packs

    Gang talk ‘hurting’ in packs

    Young African-Australians feel like they are being portrayed as criminals as a hot political debate has raged on ‘African youth gangs’. One of the flashpoints…

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