News
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Cash bid against violence
CASEY councillors agreed on Tuesday night to push for additional funding for the council’s Challenge Family Violence Prevention Project. The funds are set to dry…
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Mentors fry up for breakfast to mentor future staff
By CASEY NEILL BUSINESSES and future employees connected and shared their stories at a breakfast in Dandenong this month. City of Greater Dandenong’s Youth and…
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Somyurek stands aside
South Eastern Metropolitan Region upper house MP Adem Somyurek has stood aside as minister for small business amid bullying claims. Mr Somyurek is under investigation…
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Petrol thief hunt
A BRAZEN thief who stole a car in Dandenong South has been using it in a spate of petrol drive-offs throughout the state. Police are…
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Deception inquiry
POLICE are seeking to arrest a Noble Park man who is wanted over thefts and deceptions. Joel Anthony, 27, is known to frequent Melbourne CBD,…
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IBAC: Chocolate bunny bill costs principal
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A SECOND school principal in Greater Dandenong has been stood down and investigated by the Education Department following revelations about his “banker…
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Showers on the buses
By CASEY NEILL A DANDENONG business is helping to deliver dignity – one shower at a time. Ventura fleet and maintenance general manager Michael Hourn…
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Jihadi teen death claim
A DANDENONG North teen has reportedly died while fighting for Islamic State in the Middle East. It has been rumoured Irfaan Hussein, 19, was either…
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India hub race
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG’S Little India shopping-strip must beat off competition from five other Melbourne sites to be chosen as the State Government’s Indian Cultural…
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Happy couple’s life of ‘bliss and hiss’
By CASEY NEILL BEFORE Val Evans can explain what she likes most about her husband John, he jumps in with a few choice suggestions. “Handsome,…
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Hoon hostage feared killed by night racers
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A PANIC-STRICKEN Kooweerup woman who feared her husband had been killed by hoon drivers in Dandenong South said she’s “lost faith” in…
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Theft takedown
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A UTE theft victim turned sleuth when he staked out a suspect vehicle and restrained a man in a dramatic citizen’s arrest…