Signed up for the banner
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
IT’S a once-in-150-years, special record of the times.
Disability-rights advocate Sharon Harris last week presented a 1.5 metre laminated banner to the Journal,...
He’s the BMW bandit
POLICE are hunting a man who stole a luxury car earlier this month and used it in several petrol drive-offs, including in Noble Park.
The...
Bus stop assault
POLICE have released images of a man believed to be connected with an indecent assault of a girl at Dandenong railway station on 25...
Drain crash car driver in cardiac arrest
A MAN was been rescued from his upturned car in a drain alongside Springvale Road, Keysborough, last night.
Emergency crews were called to the scene...
Father pleads for son after attack
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
AN ELDERLY Springvale man has made an impassioned plea in court on behalf of his alcoholic son who had throttled and bashed...
Parking meters could cost seats
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
GREATER Dandenong councillors’ support for on-street parking meters in Springvale could cost them the “ethnic” vote, says councillor Youhorn Chea.
Cr Chea’s third...
Council split on ‘racist’ call
By CASEY NEILL
“ALL Anglos are voting against this decision.”
This comment from Councillor Jim Memeti at Monday night’s council meeting sparked cries of racism from...
Springvale saves a patch of green
By CASEY NEILL
A SLICE of Springvale park land will stay in public hands - but won’t bolster open space shortfalls for another 10 years.
City...
Newshound was born lucky
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
WHILE hosting morning radio recently, presenter Tony Jones was chastised on social media for commenting about Dandenong.
With his knowledge about the suburb...
Along the ‘inky way’
By NARELLE COULTER
LEGENDARY Journal editor Greg Dickson was a fresh-faced “boy from the Mallee" in 1939 when he purchased the newspaper that would become...
Fire death not suspicious: police
UPDATE 4.38pm
POLICE have confirmed the death of a woman in a unit fire in Dandenong last night is not suspicious.
A spokeswoman said...
New rooms a change for the better
By JARROD POTTER
ELITE changerooms befitting two of Greater Dandenong’s elite sporting clubs officially opened on the weekend.
Noble Park’s premiership-winning football and cricket clubs have...