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Bomb alarm clears station
A BOMB hoax caused a complete evacuation of Dandenong Railway Station on Saturday. “In this environment it’s not ideal,” Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Sergeant Glen…
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Business call for support
By CASEY NEILL SUPPORT for Springvale’s most vulnerable will more than halve without help from the business community. That was the warning from Springvale Benevolent…
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Police hunt after white van gang strikes
By CASEY NEILL A GANG brandishing metal poles driving a white van has struck twice in 20 minutes in Greater Dandenong. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective…
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Day care costs soar
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FAMILY day care parents in Greater Dandenong are set to be charged nearly triple from July due to a $670,000 federal cut,…
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Rates squeeze
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS Warning follows last council budget before rate capping kicks in… GREATER Dandenong Council has warned that rate capping will squeeze $50 million…
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Fund set up to support charities hit by cash cuts
A CHARITABLE fund to buttress Greater Dandenong’s stretched benevolent societies and volunteers will be set up in 2015-16. The fund, announced in the council’s draft…
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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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