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Journey’s problem shared
In 2020, Star News Group journalist DANIELLE KUTCHEL received funding from the Melbourne Press Club’s Michael Gordon Fellowship to explore mental health in asylum seeker…
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Covid concern grows
Melbourne’s South East has been labelled as a Covid “area of concern” as active cases have more than doubled in the past week. Health authorities…
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Small comfort for pension battler
Two dollars a day. For Dandenong pensioner Danny Johnson, the latest pension increase doesn’t cut it. With rising utility and medication expenses, he says he…
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Refugee finds home at SES
With a commitment to “give back”, Greater Dandenong SES member Zulfiqar Hydari is a role-model volunteer. Mr Hydari recently featured in a Scanlan Foundation Research…
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Man charged with murder
A man has been charged with the murder of a 26-year-old Springvale woman at a block of units in Noble Park. Emergency services were called…
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Tree law ‘crunch time’ ahead
The second-stage of Greater Dandenong’s policy to boost its vanishing tree coverage has passed, but thornier decisions remain ahead. Councillors unanimously approved its urban forest…
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Dandenong Covid-fine central
More than 1000 on-the-spot fines for breaching Covid directions were handed out in Dandenong in the 2020-’21 financial year, according to the latest official crime…
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Woolworths cleared for ‘gateway’ site
A new Woolworths shopping centre on a former Bunnings site is touted to inject 150 jobs and $20 million into Dandenong’s economy. The 3600-square-metre project…
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Construction to reopen, Covid-safe
Restrictions on the Victorian construction industry will ease from 11.59pm on Monday 4 October, with a Construction Sector Roadmap setting a way forward for the…
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Vaccinations required for authorised workers
The State Government has announced mandatory vaccinations for authorised workers. The announcement was made on Friday 1 October, as ongoing supply of the vaccines was…
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Moderna blitz this weekend
A Moderna walk-in vaccination blitz will be staged in the South East during the weekend in response to soaring Covid case numbers. Monash Health’s south…
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Roses bloom 65 years together
The earth certainly moved for Norman and Joyce Rose on their 65th wedding anniversary. On the day of the milestone on 22 September, a 5.9-magnitude…
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