News
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Crime plummets 22%
Reported crime plummeted by 22 per cent in Greater Dandenong during the 2021 calendar year, according to official crime statistics. Criminal incidents were down across…
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Strong case for inclusion
A former Dandenong police prosecutor has been awarded for championing disability awareness in her workplace. Acting Sergeant Kelly Christie received an Outstanding Police Service to…
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Covid vax crusade hits targets
Caped comedian and South East Community Links superhero Diana Nguyen is crusading for Covid education in a series of innovative videos. Ms Nguyen and SECL…
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Walk dad spreads powerful message
Blistered but inspired, a Cranbourne father and his personal message is making a mark across regional Australia. Nyibil Amum has braved 500 kilometres since setting…
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Unite the community
Residents told Star Journal that Dandenong was in “desperate need” for an informal meeting space. Here are some of their reasons: “There’s great people all…
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Hub’s tall storeys cut short?
Greater Dandenong Council is set to consider a dramatic redesign for the proposed two-storey Dandenong Community Hub. Councillors were to be briefed on Monday 21…
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Waste-to-energy ‘substantial risks’: shire
Greater Dandenong Council is looming as the ‘casting vote’ for a joint-council proposal for a waste-to-energy plant in the South East. Mornington Peninsula Shire is…
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Traders’ survival doubts
Traders say they are worried about their survival in the proposed redevelopment of the iconic Little India precinct. Under the $600 million proposal by Capital…
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Foster an eternal hope
We can see in this current age so many miseries. Currently, we are going through the Covid pandemic and even though it is a little…
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Community servant ‘sorely missed’
Tributes have flowed for tireless Dandenong North community servant and veteran Alfred ‘Alf’ Goldburg OAM. Mr Goldburg died peacefully in his sleep at the “spritely…
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Lovett jailed over partner assaults
Former AFL footballer Andrew Lovett has been jailed for sustained violent attacks against a woman in Berwick. Lovett, 39, had pleaded guilty at Dandenong Magistrates’…
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Alleged teen carjacker charged
A teenager has been charged over an alleged peak-time aggravated carjacking of a 70-year-old woman in Springvale. The Berwick 17-year-old boy allegedly assaulted the victim…