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Toxic smoke threat to residents following Dandenong South factory fire
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS Greater Dandenong residents have been told to beware toxic smoke from a fire at a fibreglass-making factory in Dandenong South this afternoon. Nine…
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Tribute bands soak up the glory
By CHAD VAN ESTROP Swedish pop group Abba last performed in Melbourne 36 years ago — the last of three concerts at the Sidney Myer…
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Man beaten in Noble Park reserve
A man was hospitalised with serious head injuries after being beaten in a Noble Park reserve. Police say the victim, a 32-year-old Noble Park man,…
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Good rapport with youth stems from a 'fair approach'
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS AT the Dandenong-based Safe Suburbs taskforce, there’s a feeling that things have markedly changed since adopting its new firm but fair approach.…
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Algal outbreak closes water sport centre in Bangholme
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS ALGAL blooms have sunk the peak-season plans of competition rowers, slalom skiers and waterskiers at the National Water Sports Centre in Bangholme.…
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Stabbing in Dandenong Plaza
A man was fighting for his life after being stabbed in the back in a shopping centre car park in Dandenong last Monday. Police say…
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Dandenong Hospital: Patient care still, but no 'potting' rabbits
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS THE high jinks of former Dandenong Hospital nurse Norma Dickson would probably shock a modern medical bureaucrat into cardiac arrest. The Dandenong…
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Industry hub 'should be in Dandenong South'
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS AN advanced manufacturing precinct in Clayton proposed by the federal government should be shifted to Dandenong South, an industry peak body chief…
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Dreyfus attacks Nalliah over anti-Islam remarks
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS ISAACS MP and federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has condemned anti-Islam political aspirant Daniel Nalliah’s views as having “no place” in Australia. Mr…
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Volgren bus dispute continues
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS WORKERS at a Dandenong South bus-making factory are expected to extend a six-month industrial dispute by voting down a pay offer on…
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Pakula tipped as Holding successor
By DAN MOSS, STATE PARLIAMENT EDITOR THE next likely Lyndhurst MP could be chosen by March 20 after the Labor Party meets to preselect its…
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Memories, in Technicolor
SOME memories never fade away – like a movie reel, they go on and on. Take the old days at the Dandenong Town Hall. The…
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