News
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Market board’s strategic move
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG Market has a new face on its board. City of Greater Dandenong councillors last Tuesday night voted to appoint Tim Cockayne…
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Onlookers told to move on
POLICE will now have the power to move on spectators at hoon gatherings in Greater Dandenong. Councillors last Tuesday approved amendments to local laws that…
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Rain on Spain
By CASEY NEILL A councillor has slammed plans to send a city director to Spain, labelling him unqualified for the Dandenong Market fact-finding mission. At…
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Classroom war
By CASEY NEILL A KEYSBOROUGH school has closed its doors without warning in the latest move in a game of high stakes poker with the…
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Pioneer families were bound by the pound
What’s In A Name delves into the fascinating stories and personalities behind some of the city’s best known street names. This week the Journal looks…
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Arson fear after beds are left burning
By CASEY NEILL GREATER Dandenong police are appealing for information about three deliberately lit fires. The first was at a home in Corrigan Road, Noble…
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Police search for man
By CASEY NEILL POLICE think new information could help them find a delivery van driver who went missing from Keysborough last year. Shiva Chauhan, 27,…
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Walk-out on lock-in
UPDATE, 30 January, 4.30pm WORKERS left a Dandenong factory lunchroom just minutes ago, after a sit-in that lasted more than 80 hours. IFF employee Arthur…
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Blitz for long weekend
By CASEY NEILL ROAD trauma will be in police officers’ sights in Greater Dandenong this long weekend. Operation Amity will run state-wide from midnight tonight…
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Starved society
By CASEY NEILL “SOME of our clients will starve.” This was the dire warning from Springvale Benevolent Society volunteer and councillor Roz Blades last week…
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Power of education
ZAKIA Baig received death threats for educating and empowering women in her former home of Pakistan. Today (Monday) she accepted the Leadership Award at the…
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Giant strides the globe
By CASEY NEILL THIS month marks 40 years since Gerry Ryan started what would become Australia’s largest recreational vehicles manufacturer. Jayco today employs 1000 people…