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Cr Tim Dark exits council
Councillor Tim Dark has announced he is winding up his eight-year term with the City of Greater Dandenong. After a double term as a councillor,…
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Poll shock: Richard Lim’s re-election campaign in doubt
City of Greater Dandenong deputy mayor’s re-election campaign could be in jeopardy after failing to enrol for the upcoming council election as a candidate. Cr…
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Council appeals ‘Slug Gate’ ruling
Greater Dandenong Council has appealed a court’s rejection of its bid to throw out I Cook Food’s ‘Slug Gate’ case. However, ICF director Ian Cook,…
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Rowe for Correa as official list releases
As the cut-off date for candidate nominations is less than a week away, the official VEC Casey Council list is open for viewing, as former…
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Casey candidates on fence with monitors
Since council monitors were officially announced by the State Government earlier this month, Casey council candidates in the north-east of the city have expressed a…
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Man rescued in Springvale house fire
A critically-injured 45-year-old man has been rescued from a house fire in Springvale. Emergency services received reports of a large amount of smoke from the…
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Green Wedge waste station refused
A bid to build a waste transfer station near a Bangholme retirement village in the Green Wedge has been refused by Greater Dandenong Council. The…
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Defend the defence industry: SEMMA
A manufacturers’ group has called for wider policing powers to remove pro-Palestine activists blockading defence-industry factories in Dandenong South. South East Melbourne Manufacturers Alliance (SEMMA)…
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EPA, council take action on ‘illegal’ mound
Authorities are taking action after alleging that a giant mound of soil near a Bangholme retirement village was illegally contaminated with toxic asbestos and heavy…
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Black Rhinos approach hailed by study
It’s often said that it takes a village to raise a child. A sports-based pilot program in the South East has been hailed for successfully…
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Fringe wards ‘forgotten’
A Greater Dandenong Council candidate is making a pitch for the ‘forgotten’ residents on the municipality’s fringe. Cr Sean O’Reilly, who represents the Springvale North…
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$1m reward in homicide probe
A $1 million reward has been offered over a fatal shooting linked to a torched 4WD in Endeavour Hills. Homicide Squad detectives were announcing the…