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Droves queue for free food
Almost 1000 cars queued for blocks in Dandenong South for a free food hampers give away on Sunday 4 December. Timed for pre-Christmas, the Foodbank…
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Christmas deco lookouts
Greater Dandenong is all bundled up for Christmas decorations, delivering programs in Dandenong, Noble Park and Springvale to support retail activity and visitation to Greater…
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Bubs Australia’s pride
Founded in 2006 in a Sydney kitchen, Bubs has taken on the world as the exporter of the Year 2022. When a mother of three,…
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Stadium price hits $237m
A proposed boutique sports stadium in Dandenong will cost a staggering $237 million, according to a long-awaited business case and feasibility review. In a sign…
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Jobs ‘game-changer’ on track
The GameChange scheme that aims to fix the paradox of high unemployment in Greater Dandenong’s job-rich region has launched into Stage 2. City of Greater…
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Harrisfield townhouses refused
Greater Dandenong councillors have voted down a triple townhouse proposal, citing a glut of development in Ardgower Road Noble Park. Eleven residents objected to the…
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Map for ‘zero’ homelessness
The lack of affordable housing is being raised as the greatest barrier to ending the spate of rough-sleeping in Greater Dandenong. Since Covid, the large…
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Williams gains ambo portfolio
Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams has been tasked with overseeing Victoria’s underperforming ambulance services in the latest State Cabinet reshuffle. Ms Williams, who claimed Victoria’s safest…
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Trucking boss faces new charges
A Dandenong South-based trucking boss charged over the deaths of four Victoria Police officers will still face trial on the Supreme Court despite the manslaughter…
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Bus stop ‘fail’
Councillors and traders have escalated calls to relocate a bus interchange ‘trouble spot’ in central Dandenong. Greater Dandenong councillor Jim Memeti said after 12 years,…
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Serial ATM skimmer jailed
A repeat offender who was involved in ‘skimming’ 166 bank cards at ATMs across Melbourne has been jailed. Florinel Camara, 33, pleaded guilty at the…
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Four charged with murder
A fourth man has been charged with murder following the death of a man in Melbourne’s southeast. The 36-year-old man died in the early hours…