News
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Voice of our community lives on
By NARELLE COULTER THE Dandenong Journal is one of the oldest and proudest community newspapers in Australia. Founded as the South Bourke and Mornington Journal…
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Rare print media feat
By CASEY NEILL IT’S rare enough for a company to last 100 years, but to still be owned and run by the one family? “But…
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$11million drug haul
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG police have seized more than 2300 cannabis plants valued at $11 million from one drug syndicate over the past six weeks.…
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Mosque on hold
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD PASTOR Danny Nalliah’s Federal Election campaign interfered with his ability to fight a proposal for a mosque neighbouring his Catch the Fire…
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‘Harsh’ dismissal for porn mail
By CAMERON LUCADOUWELLS THREE men were found to be “harshly” dismissed for sending pornography on their internal emails at Australia Post’s Dandenong Letter Centre. A…
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Eyes on the lights
By CASEY NEILL AN urgent push to save lives at a troubled Dandenong intersection is gaining momentum. The Robinson Street and Princes Highway juncture is…
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Soil eyesore to go
By CAMERON LUCADOUWELLS AFTER months of negotiations, unsightly soil mounds fronting the Metro Village 3175 housing estate in Dandenong are set to be removed. Places…
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Witnesses sought for bashing
FIVE men are accused of attacking a carload of people as they tried to exit a car park about 3am on 1 September. Police are…
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Burying the cemetery dispute
By CASEY NEILL STRIKE action at the Springvale and Bangholme cemeteries is closer to a resolution but “not over yet”. The Australian Workers Union (AWU)…
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High-rise horror
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A PLANNING expert warns there will be “hell to pay” if the looming threat of multi-storey apartment blocks in Dandenong’s established residential…
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Stabbing arrest
A HALLAM man, 32, was arrested and released pending inquiries last Tuesday following a vicious attack on an elderly Endeavour Hills woman. The woman, 73,…
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All eyes on the senate
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS THE Labor minority alliance post-2010 will be remembered as a poor government, says political expert Dr Nick Economou. The government led first…