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Gumtree car robbers jailed
Two violent, drug-fueled armed robbers bashed a Gumtree seller and his housemate in his Dandenong home in an attempt to steal his car, the Victorian…
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Occupants flee house fire
Occupants have fled to safety from a house fire in Noble Park. Fire crews were called out to reported flames coming from the building in…
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Donations for shattered family
Community groups are rallying around a shattered family who lost their four-year-old son in a tragic house fire in Dandenong. Rithish Kirushnaneethan died despite desperate…
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Pleas to help distraught family
A mother has desperately broken a window to try to save her five-year-old son who died in a tragic house fire in Leonard Street Dandenong…
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Child dies in house fire
A child has died in a house fire in Leonard Street Dandenong despite efforts from a valiant neighbour. The man in his 30’s tried to…
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Voice for Noble Park youth
A youth committee will be set up and consulted on new initiatives in Noble Park. South-East Metropolitan MP Lee Tarlamis said the committee would identify…
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Shopping centre hoons ‘out of control’
The noise is described as like a shotgun fired outside their homes. All night long, sleepless residents are reportedly bombarded with backfiring, revving, burnouts, cheering…
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Refugee builds path to ‘dream job’
Twelve long, determined years. After arriving as a refugee, that’s how long it took Mustafa Ayobi to learn English, study at uni and land his…
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Building ‘concerns’
After weeks of denial, Greater Dandenong Council has conceded that there are “questions”, “issues” and “concerns” over a controversial townhouse project in Keysborough. Chief executive…
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Blot on the streetscape
Squat houses seem to be the unsolveable eyesores of proud neighbourhoods. In Cheltenham Road, a large vacated commercial premises has been reportedly trashed by a…
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’Banker school’ rorters jailed
A former senior Education Department bureaucrat has been jailed over a $500,000 school funding rort that embroiled Chandler Park Primary School in Keysborough. Nino Napoli…
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Road to more recycling
The road to solving looming landfill problems is being paved on Church Road, Keysborough. The Australian Road Research Board and City of Greater Dandenong are…