News
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The art of the matter
A NEW national art prize is encouraging refugees and asylum seekers to pursue their talents. City of Greater Dandenong has launched Home and Art to…
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Acting career hits the roof
By CASEY NEILL A BREAKTHROUGH role doesn’t get much better than the fiddler in Fiddler on the Roof. Pakenham resident Brett Fisher made his professional…
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Windows reflect festive cheer
GREATER Dandenong Business gave retailers across the municipality an opportunity to celebrate the busy Christmas sales period by participating in a festive season visual merchandising…
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Service for lost children
MORE than 500 people remembered children lost at Springvale Botanical Cemetery’s annual children’s Christmas service. Premier Daniel Andrews was among guests at the Sunday 13…
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Aboriginal flag to fly
GREATER Dandenong Council plans to fly the Aboriginal flag alongside the Australian flag and its own banner at Dandenong Civic Centre. Councillors at their 14…
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Cherry merry Christmas
KEYSBOROUGH shoppers love their cherries. Coles supermarket figures from last summer placed its Keysborough store in the top 10 for cherry sales, with shoppers consuming…
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Hi-tech breast cancer screening
DANDENONG is now home to more accurate breast cancer screening. The David Street MIA clinic has introduced 3D mammography, which reduces false-positive findings and the…
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Second innings for primary?
By CASEY NEILL MARALINGA Primary will reopen if Greater Dandenong Council gets its way. The school closed at the end of 2014, and all pupils…
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7-Eleven raided at knife point
MEN armed with a hammer, crow bar and knife have robbed a Keysborough 7-Eleven. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Sergeant Luke Kirton said the incident occurred…
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Disco cash for homework
REFUGEE and migrant students can get a hand with their homework, thanks to a $3000 donation. Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre (SMRC) business development manager…
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Pre-dawn highway robbery
TWO men armed with a cricket bat have robbed a man in Dandenong. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Sergeant Luke Kirton said the 24-year-old victim was…
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Parking cash drilled out
THIEVES have stolen more than $550 in coins from central Dandenong parking meters. Greater Dandenong CIU Detective Sergeant Luke Kirton said they drilled out the…