News
-
Free mask rollout delayed
Delays have struck the State Government roll-out of free reuseable masks for vulnerable people. Mandatory mask-wearing began on 23 July, but service providers and councils…
-
Escape from Covid cluster
“I didn’t know if I’d see her again.” A relieved Helen Anderson shed tears as her mother Noreen Winterton was evacuated from a growing Covid-19…
-
Spotless closes after third Covid case
A third worker at a Dandenong South commercial laundry has tested positive as employees refused to go back to work due to health concerns. Spotless…
-
Covid’s horror day of records
During the state’s horror rise in daily Covid-19 cases, Greater Dandenong has recorded 14 new infections. The council area now has 144 active cases, including…
-
Spotless stained by Covid standoff
Workers at a Covid-19 infected commercial laundry in Dandenong South have refused to go back to work due to health concerns. Spotless had directed reluctant…
-
Monash Health takes over Covid home
Monash Health has taken over the running of an aged-care home in Dandenong North as Victoria recorded a staggering 723 new Covid-related cases and 13…
-
Covid-19: cross-town coffee costs $1652
A Dandenong man who travelled to South Yarra for a coffee at a convenience store has been fined by police for breaching ‘stay-at-home’ directions. The…
-
Two men wanted for ATM burg
Police have released images of two hooded men and a ute in relation to an attempted theft from an ATM at Dandenong Market. A pair…
-
Ten more Covid cases in Dandy
Ten new Covid-19 cases, including four at Outlook Gardens nursing home, have been reported in Greater Dandenong. The council area now has 130 active cases,…
-
Residents evacuated from Covid-outbreak
Residents have been evacuated from a Covid-infected aged-care home in Dandenong North. Twenty-one residents at the 95-bed Outlook Gardens had been transferred to South Eastern…
-
Roadside drug bust in Doveton
A man has been charged after police allegedly pulled over a stolen car laden with drugs and an imitation gun in Doveton. The car was…
-
Covid-19: 40 cases at aged-care home
A Covid-19 cluster at a Dandenong North aged care home has escalated rapidly to 40 cases, among a record number of daily infections in Greater…