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  • Shopping jeeps on bus: Greater Dandenong's backflip

    By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A PENSIONER deliberately abandoned during a community bus shopping trip may have earned ultimate victory against Greater Dandenong Council. Tomorrow night, councillors…

  • Queen’s Birthday honours: Going the extra mile

    Queen’s Birthday honours: Going the extra mile

    By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS  and CATHERINE WATSON A grassroots councillor has made a name for going beyond the call of duty. Roz Blades, a three-time mayor…

  • The pain of Aspergers

    The pain of Aspergers

    By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A HEARTBROKEN Endeavour Hills mother said there were no suitable schools for her son who has Aspergers and has been routinely bullied…

  • Helping Hand Day

    We Care Services will hold its annual ‘Helping Hand Day’ on Saturday from 10am-noon. Toys, bedding, clothes and food parcels will be distributed to those…

  • Friends do their bit to assist refugees

    Friends do their bit to assist refugees

    By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A GROUP of volunteers is opening its vans, homes and hearts to support surging numbers of refugees and asylum seekers in Greater…

  • CCTV funds welcome

    CCTV funds welcome

    Greater Dandenong mayor Angela Long has urged the state government to allocate untapped CCTV funds to the municipality. While other councils have baulked at accepting…

  • Letters to the Editor, Dandenong Journal

    Re: Asylum seekers swamp aid centre Who needs the flat-screen monitors? The asylum seekers or the office? Why should asylum seekers be given flat-screen monitors…

  • Commuter stands up for woman 'racially abused' by trio

    By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A REGULAR commuter took a stand against three men allegedly racially abusing a woman at Dandenong railway station last week. Kait O’Callahan…

  • Lifting the lid on burqas, veils, hoodies

    Lifting the lid on burqas, veils, hoodies

    Kosar Majani is among a group of local and international artists showing the use of veils is not a ‘black-and-white’ issue. The artists feature in…

  • Bashing outside Dandenong High 

    Dandenong High School went into lockdown as two elderly men were allegedly bashed and threatened with a knife outside the school. During the incident about…

  • Pedal cash for cancer

    Pedal cash for cancer

    By CASEY NEILL A DANDENONG worker will pedal more than 200 kilometres to raise cash for cancer. Nikki Angelico is aiming to raise $15,000 for…

  • Rik’s raring to stomp ’the G’

    Rik’s raring to stomp ’the G’

    By CASEY NEILL A BANGHOLME man will climb more than 7000 steps to make sick kids’ dreams come true. Rik Marchant will tackle the inaugural…

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