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Roadworks to ease up congestion
ROADWORKS on Abbotts Road in Dandenong South are set to cut congestion. Councillors at their 22 June meeting voted to award the $4 million work…
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Head-on crash: two hospitalised
TWO women have been taken to Dandenong Hospital after a head-on crash in Keysborough this afternoon. Four CFA trucks responded to the two-car crash around 1.20pm,…
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DNA breakthrough link in Dandenong cold case
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A BREAKTHROUGH in DNA research has led police to link an unsolved rape in Dandenong to a suspicious cold case death in…
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165km/h on drugs, police claim
POLICE allege a drug-affected motorcyclist was travelling at 165km/h in a 100 zone in Bangholme last night (Thursday). State Highway Patrol East members detected the…
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School credit card spending fell through cracks
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS Chandler Park Primary School leaders’ spending of nearly $50,000 on their corporate credit cards in one year lacked “appropriate oversight”, an anti-corruption…
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Mayhem on monash
A MULTIPLE vehicle collision occurred outbound on the Monash Freeway near the Eastlink exit, after 4pm this afternoon (Wednesday). Two right lanes outbound have been…
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On track to step up
KEYSBOROUGH’S Mark Capper will stomp his way up and down more than 7000 stairs at the MCG on Sunday 5 July to help educate underprivileged…
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War on track
By CASEY NEILL INTERACTIVE boards are now highlighting three of Greater Dandenong’s many World War I connections. City of Greater Dandenong officially opened the Anzac…
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Trade links build new bridges to Cambodia
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS IT MAY be a trick of positive thinking but Cambodia gets a bad rap, according to Keysborough’s Kalyan Ky. While Australia pays…
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Expert voices
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS IT’S an empowering thing to be heard. Greater Dandenong Council’s youth think tank – an energised group of about 15 young people…
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Refugee’s fight for rights goes on
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG’S former asylum seeker Hayatullah Rahimi has fled the Taliban in Afghanistan and won permanent residency in Australia, but his struggles are…
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Stomping hits the ground
By CASEY NEILL THE MCG steps will help a Keysborough man on his journey towards Kokoda. Keysborough’s Mark Capper has signed up for the Stadium…