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Drink, drug drivers blitzed
Nearly 50 drink-drivers and drug-drivers have been detected in the South East during a police traffic operation over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend. Police in…
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Drug dad grew for profit and pain
An unemployed dad under mortgage stress sought to draw income from a 34-plant cannabis crop at his Springvale South home. Van Chien Nguyen’s 23-kilogram crop…
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Pfizer vaccine halted
Pfizer vaccine bookings have been put on hold at high-volume Covid vaccination centres in Cranbourne and Sandown. In a statement on 14 June, Monash Health…
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A royal honour
By Tyler Lewis Mark Durdin has achieved many things within the football community. And now, he has received the highest of honours awarded an Order…
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Friend of refugees honoured
A lifetime of serving those keen to make Australia their home has seen a south-eastern treasure earn one of the country’s highest honours. Narre Warren…
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A Guide to others
For more than 65 years, Dianne Paterson has been a Guide in more ways than one. In the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours list, Ms Paterson…
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Dementia-struck killer ‘freed’
A Noble Park man who stabbed his wife to death while he was afflicted with severe dementia has been released from custody. In 2019, Dragan…
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Gyms under the pump
Financially-crippled gyms say they are wrongly targeted by prolonged Covid lockdown. Dandenong Genesis Health & Fitness owner Sean Whitaker has owned his gym in Scott…
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Key to a ‘safer community’
A Victoria Police inspector has been awarded an Australian Police Medal for a 45-year career of outstanding frontline service. After being announced as part of…
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’Unaware’ of lockdown protest
A Dandenong man arrested during anti-Covid lockdown street protests in Dandenong South last year has received a good-behaviour bond. The 44-year-old father pleaded guilty to…
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Hub ‘shortchanges’ Dandenong: residents
Size – and site – matters for the upcoming Dandenong Community Hub, residents say. And according to them, the council has so far come up…
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Inclusive volunteering push
A City of Greater Dandenong project aims to help more volunteer groups recruit people with a disability. The Disability Inclusive Volunteering Project aims to help…
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