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Forum to help build city ties
CHINESE business leaders visited Dandenong last week to meet their counterparts from Greater Dandenong and beyond. The delegates travelled from the Tongshan District government within…
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Jobs to make an active connection
A JOB seeker service will itself generate 14 new jobs in Dandenong and Springvale. New Job Services Australia program Jobactive was successful in a Department…
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Strike sour taste
By CASEY NEILL MONASH Health has refused to confirm whether it threw away food left unattended during a kitchen strike last week – or served…
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Time’s up for parking meters
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong councillor Youhorn Chea is set to introduce a rescission motion to scrap council plans for on-street parking meters in Springvale.…
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Cast cast for future growth
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS NISSAN Casting Australia’s “quietly flourishing” future in Dandenong South has been assured beyond 2020. Nissan Australia chief executive Richard Emery, in a…
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Dandy gets a rise out of rates before cap kicks in
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS RESIDENTIAL rates bills in Greater Dandenong Council are proposed to rise 5.5 per cent in 2015-16 – in the last budget before…
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Islamic centre closes after “false accusations“
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS AL-FURQAN Islamic Centre in Springvale South has announced its immediate closure due to “harassment, pressure and false accusations”. In a statement on…
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Armed response to Anzac Day terror threat
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS POLICE will be fully armed at Anzac Day services in Dandenong on Saturday in response to an alleged terrorist plot targeting police…
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Teen flees after car chase
By CASEY NEILL A TEEN is on the run following a pursuit in Dandenong that ended with a police car being rammed. Greater Dandenong CIU…
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New charges for terror accused teen
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A HAMPTON Park man who had been placed in preventative detention since Saturday’s counter-terrorism raids has been released, re-arrested and charged by…
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Wheels roll in to back local manufacturing
By CASEY NEILL “A GERM of an idea around a dinner table” grew into a traffic-stopping showcase of Dandenong’s manufacturing strength. Calls to create an…
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Uniform is badge of honour
By CASEY NEILL THE World War I uniform in the Dandenong RSL foyer it more than just clothing. It belonged to Corporal Victor Royston…