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Cold discomfort for bus passengers
A bureaucratic impasse over a removed bus-stop shelter is leaving commuters in Keysborough out in the cold. The bus-stop, in a prime location on Kingsclere…
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Council power 100% renewable
Greater Dandenong Council is set to be totally powered by renewables after signing onto Australia’s largest multi-council energy deal. As part of the Victorian Energy…
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Vaccines running at Sandown
A Covid vaccination hub that can deliver up to 2000 jabs a day has opened at Sandown Racecourse. South Sudanese community leaders were among the…
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Riders 146km/h over the limit
Two motorcyclists have been allegedly clocked at 208km/h in a 60km/h zone in Dandenong. The pair were detected by State Highway Patrol police on Heatherton…
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Hunt for hoon spectators
Two men have been charged after a police vehicle was allegedly attacked and damaged at a hoon gathering in Lynbrook. Police are also seeking public…
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Truckie supervisor faces court over police fatalities
A supervisor at a Lyndhurst trucking company is facing manslaughter charges over the death of four police officers on Eastern Freeway, Kew. Simiona Tuteru, 49,…
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‘Lewd’ commuter charged
A Dandenong man has been charged over an allegedly lewd act at Huntingdale railway station. Transit Crime Investigation Unit detectives arrested the 37-year-old in Dandenong…
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Teen charged after CFA station fire
A boy has been charged with arson after a fire at Noble Park CFA’s station on Sunday 16 May. Police say that paper and discarded…
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Fire catches bus
Fire crews were called to extinguish a bus that caught fire in Dandenong. Eleven FRV firefighters found the bus’s rear wheel in flames at the…
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Bag-snatcher soon to ride free
A Noble Park man has been sentenced for snatching elderly women’s handbags as he rode unlicensed aboard a scooter in a Dandenong Plaza car park.…
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Rat Pack invasion
Rats and mice have come out to play in Greater Dandenong’s showcase park. Visitors have been alarmed by packs of rats and mice in Dandenong…
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Volunteer rates sub-par
A Greater Dandenong councillor has called for ways to lift volunteering rates in the municipality, which are about half the state average. Councillor Eden Foster…