News
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A moment with Marg Stork
LOCAL ambassadors sharing their favourite spots in Greater Dandenong are featuring on a tourism video. Dandenong mother Despina Karatzias explores the city’s parks, picturesque gardens,…
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Doveton shooting ‘not bikie-related’
POLICE are confident a drive-by shooting at a Doveton house is not bikie-related, despite the resident having links to the Comancheros and Rebels bikie gangs. …
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Visitor bashed in Springvale
A MAN, 23, was bashed with a chair, belt and bottle when an argument turned violent in Springvale on Sunday, June 16. About 1.30am, the…
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Customer foilds Dandenong robbery
A WOULD-be thief was chased along Thomas Street, Dandenong, after an armed robbery was foiled by a customer. About 9pm on Thursday, June 13, a…
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Motorbikes, trailer stolen in Hallam
BURGLARS used a forklift to load three motorbikes on to a trailer at Hallam Yamaha about 6.30am on June 3 and steal them. The thieves,…
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Speeding driver evades police
POLICE are hunting a driver who lost control of his car and fled on foot after a high-speed chase in Doveton. Senior Sergeant Phil Byrne,…
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Man sought over Endeavour Hills attack
AN elderly woman, who was viciously attacked with a sharp weapon in her Endeavour Hills home last month, has recovered enough to help police construct…
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Schools' cash confusion
By Alecia Pinner: apinner@mmpgroup.com.au SCHOOL principals in the City of Greater Dandenong have been left confused by contradictory Gonski figures released by the state and…
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Dandenong CFA spends $14.7m on expansion
By DANIEL TRAN: dtran@mmpgroup.com.au DANDENONG Country Fire Authority aims to be fully prepared for serious bushfire threats, having begun construction of a state-of-the-art emergency management…
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Greater Dandenong council cops a scolding
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS: clucadou-wells@mmpgroup.com.au THE back-flipping bureaucractic bungle over a pensioner’s shopping has grown to comic proportions with an apparent failure by council staff to…
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Dandenong CCTV cameras win praise
By DANIEL TRAN: dtran@mmpgroup.com.au POLICE are praising new security cameras installed in one of Dandenong’s busiest precincts as a deterrent against criminals and vandals. Commander…
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Muddling swindler fined $10,000
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS: clucadou-wells@mmpgroup.com.au A NOBLE Park North man – described as “more of a muddler than an arch-fraud” – has been ordered to compensate…