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Asylum seeker work plan split
By CASEY NEILL Helping asylum seekers find work in Greater Dandenong would be “inequitable” and put “down-and-out Aussies” to the back of the queue, councillor…
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Build your business and they will come
By CASEY NEILL Build a business that’s ready to be sold. That was the advice Jason Cunningham gave guests at the Greater Dandenong Chamber of…
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Just a dab of imagination
Kids stretched their imaginations during the school holidays and walked away with colourful creations. Dandenong’s Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre hosted a paper dyeing…
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Skills grant for a top teacher
A Dandenong teacher is among 15 across the state to receive a VET training boost. A Trainer and Assessor Academic Grant will provide Megan Turner,…
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Bobcat burns
Vandals torched vehicles worth more than $80,000 at a Dandenong South factory. They entered the locked car park in Pelson Court between 4.30pm on Friday…
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Counsellors for councillors
Greater Dandenong councillor Maria Sampey is calling for a support service for councillors. She has written to Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins about the issue…
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More than satisfactory
Greater Dandenong Council received a positive report card from ratepayers in the Community Satisfaction Survey. The municipality ranked well above the state average in all…
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Snow Fest in Springvale
Snow will make an unlikely appearance in Greater Dandenong this month. The Springvale Snow Fest is returning to Buckingham Avenue on Sunday 24 July, from…
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Indigenous culture, history celebrated
Greater Dandenong Council celebrated the municipality’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander links during NAIDOC Week. Mayor Heang Tak said the week-long National Aboriginal and Islanders…
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Car park works begin
The car park at Noble Park train station will be partially closed from next month until 2018. But the State Government said commuters could instead…
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Two teens arrested
By CASEY NEILL POLICE arrested two teens in Dandenong bushland over a series of incidents across the south-east. Southern Metropolitan Regional Crime Team investigators, as…
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Egg on protesters’ faces
By CASEY NEILL WITH blood and egg dripping down her face, Kelly Lachman continues to shout into a megaphone. “You are all animal abusers,” she…