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Ethnic communities to get daily Covid bulletins
Seven Victorian ethnic communities will receive daily news bulletins regarding Covid-19, in their own language, broadcast on their local community radio station, from Wednesday 16 September.…
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Lockdown defiers take court action
In defiance of Covid shutdown rules, locks have been illegally broken “on a daily basis” on the multi-sport courts at Dandenong Park. The council had…
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Ice driver targets police
An ice-fueled driver has driven at four police officers and rammed an occupied police car six times in a home’s driveway in Kirkham Road, Dandenong.…
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Hazardous-waste blaze
Six people were evacuated from a fire at a hazardous-waste management site in Ordish Road, Dandenong South. Almost 30 firefighters and seven appliances from Dandenong,…
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‘Reckless drug driver’ chased by Airwing
A Keysborough man with an alleged stash of meth and cash in a speeding car has been chased by police through the East and South…
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Covid-19: Second probe at meatworks
A possible second Covid outbreak has been reportedly linked to a Dandenong South abattoir. The Australian Meat Group factory was announced as one of the…
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EPA fines soil treatment plant
A contaminated-soil treatment plant in Dandenong South has been fined by the state’s pollution watchdog for unauthorized building works. The Renex Group thermal treatment facility…
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Covid-19 death toll revealed
Sixteen residents with Covid-19 have died in aged-care homes in Greater Dandenong, according to reported figures. It’s just above a quarter of the 61 residents…
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Covid-19: Police station closed again
Dandenong police station has been again closed to the public until further notice after being linked to 11 active cases. The indefinite closure took effect…
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Crophouse raiders jailed
A burglary gang used heat-sensing radar to search for cannabis crop houses, including a family home in Keysborough, before raiding them in the early hours.…
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‘Lifelines’ for foresaken families
An emergency relief effort has targeted isolated refugees subject to family violence during the Covid-19 pandemic. Since 30 April, inTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence…
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Volunteering stalwart calls it a day
There are few people that can claim such a long affiliation with volunteering for the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (RASV) than Narre Warren’s own Jack Rae OAM.…