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Multicultural mental health on the agenda
Australia’s new suicide prevention advisor has hit the ground running, and she’s keen to hear the thoughts of Greater Dandenong residents to better understand what…
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Summer social centre
The Dandenong Baths was the social epicentre for Dandenong’s teenagers from 1925 when the pool opened, through to 1975 when the pool was decommissioned on…
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Life breathed into livestock market
A pillar of Dandenong’s rich history as the Gateway to Gippsland could so easily have been lost. The livestock market on Cheltenham Road was a…
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Council goes 100% green-power
City of Greater Dandenong plans to use 100 per cent renewable energy by the 2020-21 financial year. The goal will be met when the council’s…
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Energy costs, local content headaches: SEMMA
There’s a changing of the guard at the peak body for South East manufacturers. Vonda Fenwick was announced as the incoming executive officer of South…
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Dandy teachers strike diamond
An enduring, happy 60 years of marriage started with a chance encounter on the beach of Phillip Island. Summer 1955, the Scottish-born Alex Forbes was…
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Push for cycling track
Greater Dandenong Council will form a working group to explore the need for a regional cycling facility, such as at Greaves Reserve, Dandenong. In the…
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Forward-looking innovation succeeds
Cutting-edge technology, business success stories and an inspiring rise from adversity by an IT student were the talking points at a Greater Dandenong Chamber of…
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Red Roo takes international leap
We all heard about the Boomers besting the USA in a basketball exhibition match in Melbourne recently. On 21 August, there was another set of…
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Park for the people, by the people
The much-loved timber-tower playspace in Burden Park, Springvale South owes everything to community spirit. Opened 25 years ago, it was built by an army of…
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Two teens charged with railway robbery
Two females have been charged over a violent robbery outside Dandenong railway station. A 29-year-old Dandenong woman was allegedly approached by the pair near the…
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Stolen car explodes
A loud explosion was heard by residents after a stolen car was set alight in Nockolds Crescent, Noble Park. The red 1989 Nissan Pulsar had…
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