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MP ‘inaction’ a corruption risk: survey
Most Victorian MPs and councillors taking part in a recent survey by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) believe that corruption is a problem in…
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Alcohol-fueled arsonist jailed for up to 8 years
A recidivist arsonist who had fallen out with a Hallam couple and set fire to their home has been jailed for up to eight years.…
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‘Generational Centrelinkers’ – when the safety net becomes a spider web
We said it last time – truth be told – and it needs to be said again: the problem isn’t immigration. It’s entitlement without accountability.…
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Physiotherapist faces court over alleged $650K fraud
A Noble Park-based physiotherapist has been accused of fraudulently billing more than $650,000 of purported services to injured workers. Joshua Vivian Braganza, 36, of Clarinda,…
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Dandenong man charged during Operation Nighthawk
A 21-year-old Greater Dandenong man has been among 43 people charged in a major police operation targeting drivers of stolen cars in Melbourne’s north last…
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Cr’s marathon effort for My Room charity
City of Greater Dandenong councillor Lana Formoso has set herself up for an extraordinary 42.1995-kilometre Nike Melbourne Marathon to help raise funds for My Room…
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Addict jailed after knife attack
A Dandenong woman who brutalised a relative, including trying to slit her throat with a blunt knife, has been jailed. Leanne De Baize, 43, pleaded…
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Police investigates collision on Monash Fwy
Police are investigating a hit and run collision in Mulgrave on 28 September. It is understood a grey Mazda collided with another vehicle at speed…
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Companies fined $65K over fall risks
A builder and a metal fabricator have been fined a total of $65,000 for failing to control fall risks on home building sites in Boronia…
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Sport
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Fresh faces to lead the Bulls’ charge
Can the Bulls breathe fire this summer? Blair Burns runs his eye over Dandenong West ahead of the 2025/26 DDCA Turf 1 season. DANDENONG WEST…
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Hawks poised and ready to take flight
Can the Hawks go one step further and make 2025/26 a season to remember? Blair Burns runs his eye over Hallam Kalora Park ahead of…
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Promoted Parkmore ready for impact
Can newly-promoted Parkmore rise to the challenge this summer? Blair Burns takes a close look at the Pirates ahead of the 2025/26 DDCA Turf 1…
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Proud Lions digging in the claws
Can Narre South return to its brilliant best of summers gone by? Blair Burns runs his eye over the Lions ahead of the 2025/26 DDCA…
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Bloods pressure on the rise
Springvale South is a proud cricket club looking to return to its former glories. Blair Burns runs his eye over the Bloods ahead of the…
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New coach readies Titans
Berwick Springs will go into the 2025-26 Dandenong District Cricket Association season with a new senior coach at the helm. The Titans have welcomed Channa…
Entertainment
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Casey Ageing Positively Festival to come in October
City of Casey will present the 2025 Ageing Positively Festival this October, held in conjunction with the Victorian Seniors Festival. This year’s theme — Connect.…
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Noble Park art show turns 20
Entries are still open for the 20th anniversary of the Noble Park Community Centre Art Show. This year, the event is marking two decades of…
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What’s On
Let’s Go Exploring Fusion Theatre presents an interactive and multi-sensory bush camping adventure – inside the theatre. Participants will take on the role of junior…
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Looking Back
100 years ago 24 September 1925 Why Ford Leads If your think fundamentally about the automobile industry, you will discover that it is now in…
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Orchid show on horizon
Almost akin to last year, the cold weather tried, yet failed, to hamper the upcoming Berwick Orchids Club’s September spring show, as the flowers bloomed…
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World celebrations at Noble Park
Rich cultural diversity was celebrated at the annual Noble Park Family Fun Day, on Sunday, 21 September. This year’s theme, “Around the World,” was selected…
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Walking to better health
You’ve heard of physical health and mental health, but have you ever come across the term ‘social health’? Social health is the wellbeing that we…
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DPav wins Melbourne’s Best Parma
Dandenong Pavilion (DPav) is delighted and extremely proud to have won the MMM Best Parma in Melbourne. Our team of highly motivated and experienced chefs…
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Behind the walls of Victoria’s prisons – what life is really like for the people who work there
Ever wondered what it’s like to work in prison? Most people have a very particular idea – high walls, long and dark corridors and heavy…
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Just Cuts salon now open at Parkmore Shopping Centre
Great value Style Cuts for everybody have arrived in Keysborough with the grand opening of a brand-new Just Cuts Salon inside Parkmore Shopping Centre. The…
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Celebrating all things Holland
The upcoming Holland Festival, organised by the Rotary Club of Casey, will take place entirely indoors at Caribbean Gardens in Scoresby, spanning 7000sqm under the…
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Sculpting a big impact in a small space
As backyards shrink, new ideas for gardens are on the rise. Smaller areas have necessitated a rethink in how to design outdoor spaces for maximum…
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Casey’s crime rate up 20%
Casey has been rocked by a dramatic surge in crime, with nearly 30,000 offences recorded in just 12 months. The latest figures from the Crime…
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Blue Ribbon tributes at Springvale
A remembrance service at the Victoria Police Memorial at Springvale Botanical Cemetery on Monday 29 September carried ever-greater poignancy this year. Victoria Police members, veterans,…
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Florists rocked by relocations, shorter leases
Stallholders at Dandenong Market claim they have little say in forced relocations, rent spikes and shorter leases at the hands of the market’s management. Affected…
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EPA backs soil clean-up order
A soil-works operator has been ordered by the state’s planning tribunal to clean up a controversial, contaminated dirt mound in Bangholme’s Green Wedge. ESI Projects…
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DWC trees motion chopped down
Greater Dandenong councillors have voted down a proposal to preserve 22 trees earmarked to make way for the Dandenong Wellbeing Centre. This month, the council…
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Search for Lone Pine replacement
Greater Dandenong Council may replace a removed Lone Pine tree tracing back to the Gallipoli military campaign of 1915 but it’s short in supply. Nobel…