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Dandenong Hospital nurse walk-out called off
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS LATEST: Nurses have called off their threatened walk-out from Dandenong Hospital emergency department after breakthrough talks with Monash Health yesterday morning. Australian Nursing…
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Security guards meet over Dandenong Hospital violence
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS SECURITY guards at Dandenong Hospital are meeting tomorrow over the summary dismissal of a colleague after one of a series of violent…
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Anzac Appeal collection theft: Springvale woman charged
A SPRINGVALE woman has been charged over allegedly stealing an Anzac Appeal collector’s handbag and car this month. Senior Sergeant Paul Marshall, of Endeavour Hills…
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Bollard-gate: Greater Dandenong path row ramps up
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS PERHAPS a name for this debacle should be ‘Bollard-gate’. How else can you describe a $40,000 footpath project that was to provide…
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Lyndhurst byelection: Labor wins but slides 14.6%
LABOR candidate Martin Pakula has claimed victory in the Lyndhurst state byelection despite a historically low primary vote in the traditionally safe ALP seat. After…
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Golden memories of the 1940s
THE message was simple but the memories were vivid – the letter, simply addressed to ‘A Moment with Marg’, arrived on April 12 in a white…
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Pull up a chair for Lawson, Paterson bush yarns
COLIN Robinson is bringing to life some of Australia’s bush literary heritage in a sound-and-sight exhibition in Springvale. Some of his vast collection of old…
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Boozy offender restrained
A man was charged with drunk, riotous behaviour after abusing and attempting to punch protective service officers at Dandenong railway station. The man was apprehended…
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Rotary helping to beat bowel cancer
By KAREN COOMBS THE Rotary Club of Dandenong’s community campaign raising awareness of bowel cancer is saving lives. Rotarian Trevor Harding, who has been organising…
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Explosive device thrown at house
An explosive device was thrown at a Dandenong North home earlier this month. Police say a three-centimetre-diameter device, containing an unknown power, caused a small…
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Dandenong losing its history due to lack of storage
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS SIGNIFICANT parts of Greater Dandenong Council’s historic collection have been damaged due to inadequate storage. A council report last week stated that…
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Speed limit review for Dandenong High
VicRoads will consider changing speed limits on Princes Highway near Dandenong High School. Greater Dandenong Council’s engineering services director Bruce Rendall said VicRoads told the…
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