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Ibrahim Hassan takes on south east by storm at a young age.
Ibrahim Hassan has achieved much since kicking off a business at just 19 years of age in 2020. Within two years his business, Personalised support…
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Fourth man charged following 2019 fatal Dandenong shooting
Homicide Squad detectives have today charged a fourth South-East man following the fatal shooting of Mitat Rasimi in Dandenong in 2019. A 34-year-old Carrum Downs…
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CEO returns ’home’
The incoming Greater Dandenong CEO is no stranger to the region. Jacqui Weatherill grew up in Clayton North, regularly visited Dandenong Market and long coached…
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From IVF to ‘Vote 1 Mum’
Weary but elated, Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams can count on extra family support in her bid for re-election. Her newly-arrived baby Ruairí, who is the…
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Pop-up food markets as food relief
The State Government has delivered much-needed food relief to some of Melbourne’s most vulnerable through suburban pop-up food markets. The pop-up markets provided a mix…
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Poverty funding ‘unsustainable’
A support service has had to dip deep into its own funds in the face of growing levels of poverty in the South East. At…
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Brush with success
Micro Business Award Big Little Brush Sponsor: Star News Group A social enterprise selling eco-friendly toothbrushes is donating half its profits towards health programs in…
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New Strategy to help Dandenong from poverty
Greater Dandenong City Councillors have endorsed the Anti-Poverty Strategy 2022-25, which sought to address the complex issues of poverty in the community. The Strategy was…
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Williams signs defaced
Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams’s election signs have been targeted in repeated vandalism attacks. Images of Ms Williams’s face have been obliterated on up to nine…
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Fatal shooting affray charge
A man has been charged over an alleged brawl following a fatal shooting in Noble Park three months ago. The 38-year-old man was arrested by…
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Driver arrested after Sth East chase
A driver has been arrested after fleeing from police across the South East on Friday 24 October. Police say they tried to intercept a silver…
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Breskin peddles cleaner network
Greens Upper House candidate for South-East Metropolitan Alex Breskin used last week’s Metropolitan Transport Forum held at Bunjil Place to put forward his vision for…