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Pop-up vaccines wane
Concerns are being raised about dwindling lines at the pop-up Covid vaccination clinic in Palm Plaza, Dandenong. On Tuesday 28 September, attendance at the walk-up…
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Sustainable schools rewarded
Two schools in the City of Casey have been rewarded for sustainability in the school by Coles with a schoolyard ‘buddy bench’ made from 98…
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Journey’s barriers
In 2020, Star News Group journalist DANIELLE KUTCHEL received funding from the Melbourne Press Club’s Michael Gordon Fellowship to explore mental health in asylum seeker…
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Covid vandalism filmed
Police are investigating film of a vandal spray-painting a Covid protest message on Premier Daniel Andrews’s electorate office in Noble Park. The video posted on…
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Moderna jabs in Palm Plaza
A pop-up Covid vaccination clinic in Palm Plaza, Dandenong will offer free Moderna vaccines from Tuesday 28 September. The State Government stated that the South…
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Families invited to Casey Camp Out
The City of Casey is inviting families to the second Casey Camp Out. Get the household together, set up camp in your backyard or lounge…
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Support for Kabul refugees
Greater Dandenong residents and businesses are getting behind newly-arrived refugees from Afghanistan, AMES Australia reports. Chief executive Cath Scarth said the agency’s Dandenong office had…
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Sandown Lions win funding
Sandown Lions FC has been awarded in $15,000 State funds to keep at-risk youth connected. South East Metropolitan MP Lee Talarmis said the Sports Alliance…
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Ex-mayor drives medicinal cannabis change
Former Greater Dandenong mayor Roz Blades has described being overwhelmed by chronic pain in her final weeks as mayor as well as her recovery with…
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‘There’ll never be another Merle’
Merle Valma Mitchell 15.07.1934 – 20.09.2021 Merle Mitchell AM, 87, is being remembered as a “true leader” – one who nurtured Greater Dandenong’s community and…
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Warm food hits homes
A South East-based social service is delivering packages of hot-cooked Covid relief to hundreds of vulnerable residents. Since mid-July, Community Abundance’s emergency relief team have…
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Trees vanish, strategy watered down
Greater Dandenong’s sparse tree canopy coverage is receding, despite being a key part of council’s climate change strategy. Since 2016, it has lost a further…
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