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Election 2020: Long tilt for mayoralty
Angela Long has declared she’ll run for Greater Dandenong mayor after comfortably winning her Cleeland Ward seat. The ALP member and two-time mayor claimed her…
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Election 2020: Tim Dark home by 90 votes
Incumbent councillor Tim Dark has squeezed home by 90 votes in a Keysborough Ward count that went all the way to last preferences. Second-placed candidate…
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Brakes on Springvale hoon meet
Police impounded two vehicles and booked 14 drivers at an alleged hoon meet at Springvale Junction on the night of Monday, 2 November. Local police…
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CHO’s slug-gate claim disputed
I Cook Foods has raised new doubts over Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton’s evidence on a notorious live slug to the parliamentary inquiry into the…
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Parking fees not ‘fine’
An online petition has been started by an ex-councillor against Dandenong Hospital’s “excessive” car park fees. Former Greater Dandenong councillor Maria Sampey said student nurses…
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Covid stalls elective surgery
Monash Health’s elective surgery waiting list has ballooned by 21 per cent due to deferrals during the Covid-19 pandemic’s peaks. According to its 2019-’20 annual…
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Dining’s course of caution
Dining in Greater Dandenong’s famous world-food precincts returned in a limited form on Wednesday 28 October. Under the Covid-19 restriction’s Third Step, cafes, restaurants and…
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Local-made boost in Covid
Large construction projects are turning to more locally made products and services due to the impact of Covid-19, the state’s Local Jobs First Commissioner says.…
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Election 2020: Close contests in Keysy South, Springvale South
Keysborough South and Springvale South wards are too close to call after early counting in the Greater Dandenong elections. Greens candidate Rhonda Garad narrowly leads…
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Lunch relief served Mondays
Police officers, Rotarians and parishioners are teaming up to give away about 100 take-away lunches each Monday in Dandenong. Since Covid’s second wave, there’s been…
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$2m reno for St Mary’s
St Mary’s Primary School in Dandenong will receive $2 million in State funding for a long-awaited revamp. The Catholic school’s relentlessly red-brick facade, entrance, offices,…
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Remembrance Day services cancelled
Remembrance Day services on 11 November will not go ahead at Cranbourne and Dandenong cenotaphs due to Covid restrictions. Under current rules, people are confined…
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