News
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Stingrays get carnival ready
By JARROD POTTER The initial Vic Country batch from the Dandenong Stingrays is ready to test itself on the national stage. Taking on Western Australia…
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Seat set for tight battle
Ahead of the Saturday 2 July election, Journal reporter CASEY NEILL is catching up with the key candidates for the three seats where Greater Dandenong…
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Car crash corner fears
By CASEY NEILL Motorists are colliding daily at Dandenong’s Scott and Thomas streets, nearby traders say. But Greater Dandenong Council has no plans to return…
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Maori new year rises
Dandenong Market is celebrating the Māori new year Matariki with performances, activities and New Zealand street food. From 11am to 2pm on Sunday 12 June…
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Undercover cops scoop up hoons
By CASEY NEILL More than 40 hoons have been nabbed through Taskforce Regarder since it started last November. Acting Detective Sergeant Luke Holmes said the…
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Shapes of suburbia pull cultural threads together
By CASEY NEILL Embroidery capturing tiny aspects of architecture will appear on Greater Dandenong streets during Cultural Threads. Artist Sayra Lothian said that Greater Dandenong…
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New Rules for refugees
By CASEY NEILL Some of the country’s newest arrivals got a taste of the Aussie sport obsession in Dandenong. Greaves Reserve hosted migrants and refugees…
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Call for police presence
By CASEY NEILL NOBLE Park and Keysborough should have police ‘kiosks’ since they don’t have full stations, residents say. Greater Dandenong Councillor Roz Blades said…
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Offender bailed to rehab
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A MAN has been bailed to residential rehab after being allegedly caught trafficking heroin and ice nine days into a community corrections…
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Christopher,13, missing since mid-May
Police are appealing for help to find missing 13-year-old boy Christopher Wright. He was last seen in Dandenong on Saturday 14 May. Police have concerns…
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Amazing save for ’soul’ survivor
By CASEY NEILL Maddison McNamara is still in the running to win The Voice – but only just. The Officer resident performed in a ‘battle’…
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Firearms seized, multiple charges laid
Police uncovered a revolver, sawn-off long arm and ammunition in a car in Dandenong South. Dandenong members patrolling the area noticed two cars parked askew…