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Charity bins dumped
Red Nose Charity’s charity bins and outlet have been given its marching orders from Parkmore shopping centre’s car park due to a spate of “overflow…
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Leader builds connections
A Dandenong community leader has been recognised as one of the 2018 Victorian Premier’s Volunteer Champions. Nika Suwarsih was one of the awardees in the…
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Doveton breaks the drought
Doveton’s own local ‘heroes’ are staging an all-day music event to pitch in for drought-stricken farmers. Ruth Murray and Jenny Colvin have organised the Drought…
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School Guides for good
Dandenong West Primary School’s Girl Guides group is a national first. The group, in its fourth year, started out as a trial – meeting at…
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An eye for inspiration
Aref Ramazani has a passion to capture positive stories in photo and film. The Dandneong communications graduate just needed to get his foot in the…
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Fortnight of kid’s play
Movies, craft, stories, footy and dance – with a touch of magic – are cast at the annual Greater Dandenong Children’s Festival. In the upcoming…
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Firewood depot’s up in ashes
A firewood depot, which had been operating without permission in Bangholme’s Green Wedge zone, has been hauled over the coals by Greater Dandenong Council. The…
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STIs on the rise
Sexually-transmissible infections are on an alarming rise in Greater Dandenong, according to official stats. In the region, the numbers with gonorrhoea are up 191 per…
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Spring in the air
Students, such as Molly Marie Burrough, pictured, were given an outdoors education by Greater Dandenong Council’s horticultural staff. Fourteen conservation land management students from Chisholm…
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Spring in the air
Students, such as Molly Marie Burrough, were given an outdoors education by Greater Dandenong Council’s horticultural staff. Fourteen conservation land management students from Chisholm Institute…
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Dandenong High election pledge
Dandenong High School will receive an $8.4 million upgrade under an election pledge by the State Government. Education Minister James Merlino announced that a re-elected…
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Drunk’s abuse off the rails
A drunken commuter has threatened to slit a train driver’s throat after forcing the carriage doors open and causing the service to be aborted, a…
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