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Mental health course on hold
Amidst a shortage of mental health workers in Victoria, Chisholm Institute has put its online course on hold after a series of student complaints. The…
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Parking fee showdown
Besieged business owners say their safety should come first, not the proposed reintroduction of parking meters in Lonsdale Street, Dandenong. Greater Dandenong councillors are set…
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Coaliton backs ‘Save Kingswood’
The State Opposition has added its voice to an emphatic community campaign against an 823-dwelling estate on the former Kingswood Golf Course in Dingley Village.…
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Free food drive attracts masses
Long lines of drivers swarmed for a mass giveaway of food hampers at the Chobani factory in Dandenong South on Sunday 3 July. For several…
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Chemical clean-up ‘complete’
Environment Protection Authority Victoria says it has finished removing about 1200 containers of liquid chemical waste from a Dandenong South business. EPA chief executive Lee…
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Springvale factory goes organic
A Springvale factory has been upgraded to become one of the world’s few sites fully capable of producing organic cotton period-care products. Essity, which is…
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No place for Islamophobia: Premier
The State Government “will always have your back”, Premier Daniel Andrews has told a besieged Langwarrin mosque. Mr Andrews offered funding for CCTV cameras and…
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Gai’s great honour
Growing-up in war torn South Sudan, Cranbourne’s Andrew Gai knew nothing of Australia. With extremely limited access to television and internet, from what he remembers…
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Ex-builder fined $25K
A Dandenong South-based ex-builder has lost a bid to overthrow his fining and disqualification by the Victorian Building Authority. Craig Barker, a director of A-Line…
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Dreyfus drops ex-spy’s lawyer charges
Attorney-General and Isaacs MP Mark Dreyfus has dropped the controversial prosecution of lawyer Bernard Collaery on national security charges. Mr Dreyfus said he discharged Mr…
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Neighbours defeat townhouse project
Neighbours have successfully taken legal action to strike down a four-townhouse proposal in Eumemmerring. The double-storey townhouses built one behind the other on an 864-square…
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Wayss says goodbye to Berwick office
Emergency relief service provider Wayss will shut the doors to its Berwick office later this month, but the organisation says the closure won’t impact its…