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Covid-19: Second probe at meatworks
A possible second Covid outbreak has been reportedly linked to a Dandenong South abattoir. The Australian Meat Group factory was announced as one of the…
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EPA fines soil treatment plant
A contaminated-soil treatment plant in Dandenong South has been fined by the state’s pollution watchdog for unauthorized building works. The Renex Group thermal treatment facility…
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Covid-19 death toll revealed
Sixteen residents with Covid-19 have died in aged-care homes in Greater Dandenong, according to reported figures. It’s just above a quarter of the 61 residents…
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Covid-19: Police station closed again
Dandenong police station has been again closed to the public until further notice after being linked to 11 active cases. The indefinite closure took effect…
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Crophouse raiders jailed
A burglary gang used heat-sensing radar to search for cannabis crop houses, including a family home in Keysborough, before raiding them in the early hours.…
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‘Lifelines’ for foresaken families
An emergency relief effort has targeted isolated refugees subject to family violence during the Covid-19 pandemic. Since 30 April, inTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence…
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Volunteering stalwart calls it a day
There are few people that can claim such a long affiliation with volunteering for the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (RASV) than Narre Warren’s own Jack Rae OAM.…
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Covid testing low, cases drop
Under ever-enduring lockdown, Greater Dandenong’s Covid-19 active cases have plummeted to their lowest levels for two months. As of 6 September, the figure was 53…
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Freedom fighter
There’s still unfinished business for retiring four-time Greater Dandenong mayor Youhorn Chea. A refugee who survived Cambodia’s ‘killing fields’ in 1982, Cr Chea will devote…
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Countdown to school’s return
Students won’t only need to catch up on schoolwork but also recapture school morale, says Dandenong North Primary School’s principal. Kevin Mackay says the second-wave…
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House fire ‘suspicious’
Neighbours were evacuated as a weatherboard house was destroyed by a suspicious fire in Day Street, Dandenong. Firefighters from Fire Rescue Victoria’s Dandenong station was…
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Serving help, harmony and humanity
There’s a lot of warmth as well as sumptuous food cooking in the kitchen at the ADRA Afri-Aus Care Community Centre Springvale South. Since its…
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