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Restaurant set to defy lockdown
A Dandenong restaurant owner is willing to cop a fine of nearly $10,000 in defiance of Covid lockdown rules. Minid Patel is set to re-open…
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Residents’ last stand
Residents at a Noble Park housing estate feel duped after developers were given VCAT’s green light to bulldoze “the only trees in the village”. Homeowners…
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Pitch for $70 levy saving
Greater Dandenong Council is tight-lipped on a resident-mooted “opportunity” to reduce the Keysborough South open-space levy by 20 per cent. The $70 reduction on the…
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Centrelink workers sacked
About 420 Centrelink call-centre casual workers in Dandenong and Mill Park have been sacked in what a union has termed a “disgraceful attack”. Some of…
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Pair arrested in drugs raid
Two people have been arrested after a police raid seized guns and drugs from a property in Noble Park. Dandenong CIU detectives executed a drugs…
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Thousands lost in ATO phone scam
Police are hunting for a man, pictured in a Springvale bank, who was allegedly involved in a $9000 phone scam. The victim, a 41-year-old Tarneit…
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Pledge for historic battle
Residents fighting to save a historic Keysborough church have put the question to council election candidates. The 143-year-old Methodist Church at 176 Chapel Road is…
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Addressing gambling harm
Community sporting clubs and migrant and refugee communities will receive $660,000 to address gambling harm. Minister for Gaming and Liquor Regulation Melissa Horne announced extra…
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Marjorie on a mammogram mission
BreastScreen Victoria’s mobile screening van, ‘Marjorie’, will return to Dandenong’s Palm Plaza offering free mammograms to eligible residents from Monday 2 to Friday 13 November 2020. Those…
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‘All options’ open to save trees: council
Greater Dandenong Council is exploring “all options” to save 25 river red gum trees earmarked for more townhouses in Yarraman Village estate. Recently, VCAT found…
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Voting deadline looms
Voting for City of Greater Dandenong councillor elections closes tomorrow. The Victorian Electoral Commission advised that ballot papers must be in the mail or hand-delivered…
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Fake cop jailed for crophouse ‘raid’
A former Olympic boxer has been jailed after he and two co-accused allegedly dressed up as cops and broke into a sleeping family’s home to…
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