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  • Greater Dandenong Crs absent from levy fight

    Greater Dandenong Crs absent from levy fight

    Greater Dandenong councillors have not taken part in a recent meeting of councillors across Victoria against the state government’s controversial new Emergency Services and Volunteers…

  • Machete bins rolled out across State

    Machete bins rolled out across State

    The ban on the sale and possession of machetes will soon be in effect. Premier Jacinta Allan and Minister for Police Anthony Carbines revealed a…

  • Decorated cop convicted of strangling wife

    Decorated cop convicted of strangling wife

    A former Victoria Police senior sergeant based in the South East has been convicted for strangling his wife in an “disgraceful, grossly disrespectful and humiliating”…

  • Casey bin lid swap starts 11 August

    Casey bin lid swap starts 11 August

    Casey Council will soon begin swapping bin lids to meet the State Government’s standardised household waste and recycling system. From Monday 11 August until Friday…

  • Council reviews ‘silent’ council meeting

    Council reviews ‘silent’ council meeting

    Greater Dandenong Council is reviewing protocols after audio was muted for most of its live-streamed public meeting on 14 July. Councillor discussions on single-use plastics…

  • Man on the run after alleged assault

    Man on the run after alleged assault

    Victoria Police are on a manhunt after an alleged assault led officers to a Springvale property. A man is wanted by police over a woman…

  • Works start on Monash Medical Centre expansion

    Works start on Monash Medical Centre expansion

    Early works have started on the $535 million expansion of Monash Medical Centre hospital in Clayton. Health Infrastructure Melissa Horne announced that Kane Constructions has…

  • 180km/h P-plater intercepted

    180km/h P-plater intercepted

    A Dandenong P-plater has been intercepted by police after allegedly speeding at more than 180km/h on Monash Freeway. Nunawading Highway Patrol officers say they first…

  • Youth vote for state’s newest arrivals

    Youth vote for state’s newest arrivals

    A group of young people supported by South East Community Links have teamed up for a Bill in the Y Victorian Youth Parliament. Madina Hakimi,…

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  • Casey celebrating NAIDOC Week

    Casey celebrating NAIDOC Week

    The City of Casey celebrated NAIDOC Week as its Aboriginal Engagement team joined thousands of community members and allies in the annual NAIDOC Week March…

  • Snowfest sizzles in wintry Springvale

    Snowfest sizzles in wintry Springvale

    Amid heavy showers, the snow show did go on in Springvale. The annual Springvale Snow Fest packed up the snow machine due to rain but…

  • Banksia Festival at your local garden

    Banksia Festival at your local garden

    Banksia Festival is coming to Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne in the upcoming August. Presented by the Cranbourne Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, in…

  • Captain Doveton’s historic house still stands

    Captain Doveton’s historic house still stands

    To mark Dandenong Star Journal’s 160 years of publication, PHILIP SALAMA-WEST is taking a then-and-now look at the people, places and events that have formed…

  • What’s On

    What’s On

    Winter food drive Donate to Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s annual food drive. Required items include tuna in oil, coconut cream or milk, tinned vegetables, dried…

  • Celebrate the important things

    Celebrate the important things

    Quote from a Baha’i prayer: “O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit. Purify my heart. Illumine my powers!” It is hard to avoid witnessing the…

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  • Flood fix brings relief to Doveton street

    Flood fix brings relief to Doveton street

    With rainwater run-off headed for the drains and the sandbags removed, Doveton resident Veronica Hill has little to fear in flooding, as flood mitigation works…

  • Dedicated to keeping families together

    Dedicated to keeping families together

    Not all heroes wear capes, some are child protection practitioners helping to save our young children and families at critical times. Three young people in…

  • Jail for violent, mistaken-identity kidnapping

    Jail for violent, mistaken-identity kidnapping

    A 19-year-old has been jailed for his role in a group’s “terrifying” kidnapping and beating of the ‘wrong’ person. In May 2024, Mahdi Mohammadi and…

  • $25m golf war

    $25m golf war

    Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club is sueing a former developer for a $25 million ‘bonus’ over the sale of its golf course for a controversial…

  • The respect deficit in our schools

    The respect deficit in our schools

    Recently, while driving through Noble Park immediately after school, we witnessed a troubling scene. Students darting across roads without heed, ignoring the lollipop lady, and…

  • Kingswood protestors tee off against housing plan

    Kingswood protestors tee off against housing plan

    Scores of protestors banded against plans for a 941-home ‘ghetto’ at the former Kingswood Golf Course on Sunday 27 July. Dingley Village residents were joined…

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