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Figures show crime leap
By CASEY NEILL The number of crimes recorded in Greater Dandenong jumped 26.7 per cent in 12 months, latest statistics show. The jump was 34.6…
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Seat sits in the balance
Ahead of the Saturday 2 July election, Journal reporter CASEY NEILL is catching up with the key candidates for the three seats where Greater Dandenong…
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Traffic lights get the green light for danger junction
By CASEY NEILL Cash is now the only thing holding back life-saving traffic lights at Robinson Street and Princes Highway in Dandenong. Greater Dandenong Council’s…
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Child safe after pursuit
AN ALLEGED child-snatching in Dandenong North on Friday morning triggered a police pursuit through several suburbs. A Victoria Police spokeswoman said it was reported that…
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School to be hit by Gonski cut
By CASEY NEILL Dandenong High School will miss out on more funding than any secondary school in Victoria if the Gonski funding doesn’t continue. The…
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Let’s talk about sex
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH More often than not, Dandenong prostitute ‘Kati’ offers her clients companionship, not sex. The 23-year-old mother of one has been a…
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Building up to bridge
A bridge linking Metro Village and Dandenong South is a step closer. Greater Dandenong Council passed a motion about rezoning the land in Bowman Lane,…
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Promise linked to winning election
Youth Links in Noble Park would land $600,000 for a permanent home if the ALP forms government following the Saturday 2 July election. Labor’s Bruce…
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Refugees in the welcome zone
Greater Dandenong residents are invited to celebrate the contribution refugees make to their diverse and vibrant city. Refugee Week runs from Sunday 19 to Saturday…
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Family story takes off
By CASEY NEILL The suburbs are filled with extraordinary stories just waiting to be told, Lucyna Artymiuk says. The Noble Park woman recently released a…
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Parklands set for a spruce-up
By CASEY NEILL A vacant Keysborough parkland will receive a million-dollar makeover. Greater Dandenong Council allocated $352,000 to develop the Sarah Lands site at Stanley…
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Raising homeless cash from cardboard boxes
By CASEY NEILL Bangholme students and teachers swapped their beds for cardboard boxes to raise $12,000 for homeless people. Cornish College hosted a winter sleepout…
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