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But me no butts
Budding filmmakers can help to promote waterway health through a Greater Dandenong competition. The council is running the Healthy Waterway Video Competition for residents aged…
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Big dip for theme park plans
By Casey Neill Bangholme’s Chinese theme park ride has come to an end and what’s now happening with the 43-hectare site is up in the…
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From Band-Aids to band aid
By Casey Neill Springvale paramedicine student Kevin Chong would be an unhappy engineer if not for St John Ambulance. The charity helped the 24-year-old to…
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Harrows are the top crop
The Hugh Murray name has been a Dandenong fixture for more than 100 years. The Buln Buln-based blacksmith turned his hand to driven tine and…
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Armed bandits leave Maccas empty-handed
Machete-wielding would-be thieves terrorised a cleaner at Springvale McDonald’s. Greater Dandenong CIU Sergeant Dean Hedge said the armed bandits entered the store at Osborne and…
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Futile bid to rob off-duty cop
Armed men tried to rob an off-duty police officer at a Dandenong car wash, police allege. The member and a friend attended the Cheltenham Road…
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Pre-dawn armed robbery
Two women armed with a screwdriver robbed a Dandenong ATM user. Greater Dandenong CIU Sergeant Dean Hedge said the victim parked his Mazda 3 sedan…
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Workshops to shape youth future
Young people will learn how to shape their futures at National Youth Week workshops. Greater Dandenong Youth and Family Services received a $2000 State Government…
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Culture celebrated in Lunar New Year
Dandenong Market will usher in the Lunar New Year with a free, day-long celebration of Chinese arts and culture. From 10am to 4pm on Sunday…
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Labor chief lauds AW Bell
A Dandenong South manufacturer received praise from Bill Shorten during the Federal Opposition Leader’s first public appearance for the year. He joined Isaacs MP Mark…
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An Aus Day veteran
Dandenong Park’s Australia Day Festival is unique in more ways than one. Thursday 26 January will mark the 56th time the celebration has been held…
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Wastewater fine for business
A Springvale business received a $7500 fine for illegally dumping industrial waste into stormwater. The Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) fined Universal Marble after tracing…