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Rooming houses rejected
Greater Dandenong Council has scuttled plans to expand a pair of double-storey rooming houses in a Dandenong neighbourhood. Councillors scrapped a planning officer’s recommendation to…
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Council backs solar farm
A controversial solar farm proposal in Springvale South has gained the support of Greater Dandenong Council ahead of a VCAT hearing. The $38 million project…
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$57m super unclaimed
An estimated $57 million in superannuation lies unclaimed in the Bruce federal electorate. Bruce MP Julian Hill said a few minutes tracking lost super could…
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Sex offender for life
A 64-year-old registered sex offender will have to report to police for life after serially exposing himself to families of young children in a Noble…
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Six arrested in hoon raids
Six people have been arrested and vehicles seized during anti-hoon police raids in Hallam, Endeavour Hills and Templestowe Lower. During the Operation Achilles raids on…
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Library closes for works
Parts of the Springvale Community Hub, in particular some of the library areas, will be temporarily closed for works. The works are expected to cause…
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Hoon’s burnout on film
A video shot out of the window of a Hallam hoon’s car as he dropped a burnout has become police evidence against him. Stephen Scordo…
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Red Roos leap for US success
Dandenong-based Red Roo Basketball’s players are making huge bounds on US college courts. Despite Covid ravaging the US, Michael Jok, Yut Gai, Daniel Akuei and…
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Take a seat, meet a friend
A Dandenong hospital is using a friendship seat to ‘make a stand’ against schoolyard bullying. Coinciding with National Day of Action against Bullying, South Eastern…
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Smiles arrive with vaccine
Mercy Place Dandenong resident Beryl O’Neil thought all her birthdays had come at once when she received her second Covid vaccine dose on her 91st…
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Man charged with robbery assault
A Dandenong North man has been charged over an alleged serious assault and robbery in Noble Park. Teokotai Tangatapoto, 21, has been charged with intentionally…
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Covid fines ‘crime wave’
As part of Covid restrictions, more than 2000 “public health and safety offences” were recorded in Greater Dandenong last year. According to Victoria’s official crime…