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Woman’s arm broken in attack
A WOMAN’S arm was broken when a man pushed her to the ground in Dandenong. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Senior Constable Jodie Stoll said the…
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Evening burials bring ashes to ashes, dust to dusk
CEMETERIES in Springvale and Bangholme are now offering twilight services. Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (SMCT) operates the Springvale Botanical Cemetery and Bunurong Memorial Park in…
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Motor theft victim pulled out of her car
THIEVES assaulted a woman and stole her car outside a Springvale restaurant. The victim, 25, returned to her car from the Angkor Reach Restaurant in…
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Highway robbery
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a robbery on Princes Highway, Dandenong, earlier this month. A 33-year-old woman crossed the road near the Ibis hotel…
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Police probe dead man’s last minutes
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS POLICE say they have raided the Bandidos bikie gang’s Brunswick clubhouse this morning as part of an investigation into the suspicious death…
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Swallowed whole
UPDATE A DISUSED, uncovered well is the likely cause of a sinkhole that swallowed a woman hanging washing in a Springvale South backyard. The 45-year-old woman,…
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Nightmare park
By CASEY NEILL Cheap alcohol blamed for violence after body found … NEVER sleep in Dandenong Park. A Dandenong welfare worker issued the warning after…
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Liberal Gandhi plan
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A COALITION promise to make Dandenong’s Little India the pre-eminent Indian precinct in Melbourne has divided traders. Multicultural Affairs Minister Matthew Guy,…
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Greens back council
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong council’s state election wishlist has received endorsement from local Greens candidates, a vague response from Labor and no reply from…
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Thugs to end up in a hole
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS THE region’s top cop has warned that police are taking a hard line on the “arseholes” who afflict family violence. Assistant Commissioner…
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Heart of Asian industry
By CASEY NEILL “TODAY is the start of a different story for manufacturing in this country, and it all starts here in Dandenong.” With these…
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Making connections
By CASEY NEILL WELLSPRINGS for Women welcomes more than 200 people through its doors each week. The Dandenong organisation’s manager Veronica Hassett said many of…