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South-East MPs fill Cabinet
Dandenong-based MPs Gabrielle Williams and Adem Somyurek are in and Keysborough MP Martin Pakula shuffled in a new-look State Cabinet. In the new gender-equal cabinet…
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Police search for missing man
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Thayaparan Kanapathipillai. The 33-year-old was last seen at his Doveton home about 3pm on Saturday 1…
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‘Ghost town’ plea
A councillor is calling for Dandenong’s parking-meter regime to be relaxed, with parts of the ‘revitalised’ precinct resembling a ghost town. Traders in parts of…
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Basketball stadium security push
Greater Dandenong Council will investigate beefed-up security measures at Dandenong Basketball Stadium over reports of drug dealing and discarded syringes in the outside grounds. At…
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First look at new train fleet
The first High Capacity Metro Trains have been given an airing in darkness at Dandenong railway station. Still to pass its key safety tests, the…
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Council, cyclists plan 11th-hour talks
An 11th-hour meeting has been arranged between Greater Dandenong councillors and cyclists seeking to save the Parkfield Reserve cycling track. Cr Maria Sampey invited Cycling…
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Students step up for change
Family violence is an issue that’s tackled head-on at Hallam Senior College. Students in a VCAL personal development skills class themselves chose the cause –…
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Reds in the flower bed
It’s that time of year when Karinga Nursery’s rich red poinsettia blooms are off to market. Roy Schirmer has hundreds of the flowers primed in…
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DBA’s tournament assist
Dandenong Basketball Association has offered to save a long-running national tournament for South Sudanese Australian players. The upcoming Summer Slam competition was scrapped by the…
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Cabinet hits the reset button
In a sweeping State Cabinet reshuffle, Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams will oversee family-violence prevention. The issue has been identified as the State Government’s no.1 law-and-order…
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Heavy forces, light learning at Luna Park
Keysborough College joined more than 1400 female students on the rides of Luna Park as part of a pioneering science and maths event. Taking outdoor…
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Road rage at school drop-off
A father-of-two has been punched while dropping his children off at school in a road-rage attack in Carlton Road, Dandenong North on Wednesday, 14 November.…
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