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Covid-19: High school closed
Dandenong High School has been closed for at least three days after a student tested positive for Covid-19. The school closed on Wednesday 22 July…
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Dope crops seized
More than 300 cannabis plants have been seized during two police raids in Keysborough and Narre Warren South. Springvale Divisional Response Unit officers discovered a…
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Facebook seller robbed at home
An Endeavour Hills man has been violently robbed at his home after advertising a phone for sale on Facebook. A male, who contacted the victim…
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Covid-19 ‘roller coaster’ continues
Covid-19 cases have risen steeply in Casey and Greater Dandenong as Victoria recorded 374 new infections on 21 July. Casey recorded 27 new cases –…
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Covid-19: Carload cops $8000 fine
Five men in a car that drove through a red light in Dandenong South have been fined for breaching ‘stay-at-home’ restrictions. Police say they stopped…
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Homes too close to toxic industry: mayor
Greater Dandenong mayor Jim Memeti says the council’s industrial-2 zone for the most hazardous industries should be moved out of residential suburbs. His comments come…
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EPA approves waste-to-energy
A controversial waste-to-energy plant in Dandenong South has been granted works approval by the state’s pollution watchdog Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA). The applicant Great…
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Cover for new Covid spike
Mask wearing will become mandatory as Melbourne’s alarming Covid-19 spike spreads into Greater Dandenong and the South East. After weeks of little infection, Greater Dandenong…
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Waste-to-energy misses the cut
A proposed waste-to-energy plant in Dandenong South has failed to make the shortlist in a 16-council consortia’s tendering for advanced waste solutions in Melbourne’s South…
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Council wish-list for jobs recovery
Greater Dandenong Council will lobby for ‘Covid-19 recovery’ funding for “shovel ready” infrastructure projects in parks and reserves. The list comes on the back of…
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Teen charged with Oakleigh murder
A Dandenong teenager has been charged with murder over the alleged stabbing of a 20-year-old Thomas Tran in Oakleigh in June. The 18-year-old accused was…
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Covid-19: more active cases in Dandenong
Greater Dandenong has 18 active cases of Covid-19, an increase of eight on the previous day. It brings the local government area’s cumulative confirmed case…












