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Police search for teen
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing teenager Emily Douglas. The 16-year-old was last seen in Dandenong North on 17 December. She…
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Police search for missing man
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing Doveton man Aaron Hoghton. The 32-year-old was last seen at an address on Fogosia Street…
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Probe on outsourced costs
Greater Dandenong Council is set to investigate the value-for-money of outsourcing work to consultants. Councillors narrowly voted for a report on whether some of the…
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Staff apply law of kindness
Staff at a Dandenong law firm have dug deep to ‘adopt’ a family of six for Christmas. It’s the fourth consecutive year that the Maurice…
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Model parkland welcomes all
Designing an inclusive park isn’t exactly child’s play. But Years 3 and 4 students at Holy Family Primary School in Doveton put on their design…
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Needy left in post-festive lurch
Financial counselling services in the South East have had their funding cut just ahead of the busy post-Christmas peak-season. Clients at The Salvation Army in…
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Council rethinks parking meters
Greater Dandenong Council is set to investigate ways to resuscitate Dandenong’s declining CBD. The report into The State of the Dandenong Activity Centre will look…
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Council passes ’weak’ pokies policy
Greater Dandenong Council has watered down a proposed gambling policy that would have barred the council holding events at pokies venues. During a meeting on…
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One too many mobile fines
The problem of motorists using their mobile phone while behind the wheel “is not going away,” according to police. Alarming new figures showed officers issued…
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Cab chases down alleged armed robber
A cab driver has struck down a male and a female fleeing on a scooter after they had robbed the driver at knifepoint, police say.…
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Agony, ecstasy at Parkfield Reserve
In sport, we speak of winners and losers, and the clichéd “agony versus the ecstasy”. The contrasts were writ large in the wake of the…
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Dandy mum hits the jackpot
A Dandenong mother is celebrating “the best Christmas present ever” after winning $200,000 in a Lucky Lotteries draw. The anonymous winner now has plans to…
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