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Swim skills sink in lockdown
Swim school closures and dropping learn-to-swim enrolments during Covid will increase drowning risks this summer, according to a recent life-saving report. Royal Life Saving Society…
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Respect to the fallen
Tributes were spoken and wreathes laid in tribute to fallen Australian servicepeople in traditional Remembrance Day services at Noble Park and Dandenong RSLs. At 11am…
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Memeti returns as mayor
Jim Memeti says he’ll focus on the community’s return to a “new Covid-normal” after being elected Greater Dandenong mayor for a record fifth time. He…
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Four flee townhouse fire
Four people were evacuated from a townhouse fire in Amaryn Court, Springvale. About 30 firefighters and eight appliances battled the blaze, which started in the…
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Fast, unroadworthy, impounded
A car allegedly travelling at 174 km/h on Thompsons Road, Lyndhurst has been impounded. Somerville Highway Patrol officers intercepted the black Ford Falcon in the…
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Springvale hub opens – officially
The award-winning Springvale Community Hub’s official opening has occurred belatedly. On 8 November, Greater Dandenong mayor Angela Long and Keysborough MP Martin Pakula MP unveiled…
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‘Charity’ job for Somyurek staff
A staff member for MP Adem Somyurek has alleged he didn’t have to do “electorate officer work” during up to seven casual shifts in the…
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Mayor converts metal to SES cash
Greater Dandenong’s outgoing mayor Angela Long has ‘scrapped’ together a parting gift to Greater Dandenong’s SES unit. On 10 November, Cr Long and husband Barry…
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Staff paid for ‘doing own work’
An electorate officer for South-Eastern Metro MP Adem Somyurek didn’t even log into his computer while being paid for purportedly working at home for five…
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‘I lost all perspective’: Somyurek
Fomer ALP powerbroker Adem Somyurek admitted at an IBAC inquiry to losing “all perspective” during the reignition of a factional war in the South East.…
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DNA’s history preserved
A 50-year time capsule has been buried beneath the century-old setting for Dandenong’s new contemporary art gallery. The former local heritage-listed Masonic Hall is being…
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Doveton, Dandenong top 70% vax rates
Dandenong and Doveton postcodes have passed the 70 per cent fully-vaxxed milestones as Covid active cases drop in the region. As of 8 November, Dandenong…
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