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State’s top doc has healthy passion
A Dandenong doctor with a passion for improving Aboriginal health has been crowned the state’s top GP. Dr Hung The Nguyen from the Dandenong District…
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Baker cooks home-grown crops
A successful baker who grew more than 130 cannabis plants in two properties including his family home has been jailed for drug cultivation. Vu ‘Bobby’…
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Inquiry into needs of older migrants and refugees
Victorians are being encouraged to make a submission to a new parliamentary inquiry as it considers the needs of older Victorians from migrant and refugee…
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Free vax hubs in Springvale Sth
A pharmacy and a Vietnamese community group are teaming for a series of weekend Covid vaccine hubs in Springvale South. O’Brien’s Pharmacy and South Eastern…
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Cr Truong in Covid ICU
Greater Dandenong councillor Loi Truong has been hospitalised on oxygen support after testing positive for Covid-19. Speaking from Monash Medical Centre on 8 October, Cr…
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Covid-19: Police station cluster
Nine Covid cases have been linked to a cluster at Dandenong police station. The cluster has been listed by the Department of Health. Victoria Police…
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Save the world’s loneliest mother
How does it feel when your own children wish you to die? Afghanistan’s collapse not only forced young groups but also elders to evacuate the…
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Covid-19 – vax rates lag in Dandenong, Doveton
Large pockets of the Dandenong and Doveton postcodes are unvaccinated against Covid but the tide may be turning, new official statistics show. The South East…
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Plaza starts ‘market’ upgrade
Armada Dandenong Plaza has started an upgrade of its Level 3 ‘Woolworths precinct’. The upgrade will aim for a “market-like atmosphere” with better navigation to…
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Covid strikes disability home
A Covid outbreak has infected residents and staff at a Doveton disability care home. Four residents and six staff at the ermha365 residence in Paperbark…
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Hefty bill for ‘frightening’ dog attack
An unemployed single father faces a bill of more than $13,500 after his pair of unregistered dogs attacked a woman and her German Shepherd in…
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’Pro-choice’ Dark’s colleagues catch Covid
Greater Dandenong councillor Tim Dark as well as two work colleagues have tested positive to Covid-19. Cr Dark said he’d fallen ill the day after…