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Platform for city safety
By CASEY NEILL SAFETY was in the spotlight at Dandenong Railway Station on Tuesday 20 October. The Greater Dandenong Safe City Day featured healthy snacks…
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Husband threatened to burn family
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A DANDENONG man throttled his wife and regularly threatened to kill her and their four children by setting them alight with petrol…
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Complaint over site dust
By CASEY NEILL A DUST cloud has left a Dandenong woman gasping for air and questioning training for asbestos removalists. Sharon Harris lodged complaints with…
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Carers praised for old-fashioned kindness
A NEW aged care centre in Keysborough is leading the way. Peak aged care body Leading Aged Services Australia (LASA) has selected Arcare Keysborough as…
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Smoko with the devil, that’s no furphy
Jack Looks Back, with JACK JOHNSON THE council storage yard was on a small island of land in McCrae Street. It was bordered at the…
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Bandits on the run
FOUR robbers bashed a man with a metal pole and stole his car in Noble Park. Greater Dandenong CIU detectives are appealing for public help…
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Police search for Tran
POLICE are appealing for public help to find Springvale man Nam Tran. There is a warrant for the 22-year-old’s arrest over an alleged armed robbery.…
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Amini’s statement
AFGHAN asylum seeker Khodayar Amini allegedly died after dousing himself with petrol and setting himself alight on 18 October. Refugee Rights Action Network received a…
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Self-immolation on video
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS AN ASYLUM seeker whose burnt body is believed to have been found in Dandenong bushland on Sunday (18 October) allegedly self-immolated ahead…
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Rockstar reception
YOUNG rockers from Wallara wanted to go to the recent Kiss concert so support coach Baden Johnson made it a night they’d never forget. The…
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Garage blaze
FIREFIGHTERS have battled a garage fire in Ann Street, Dandenong. A CFA spokeswoman said five trucks from the Dandenong and Hallam brigades were called to…
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Racing to keep road safe
By CASEY NEILL GREATER Dandenong police will be tackling road trauma during the Melbourne Cup weekend. Greater Dandenong Highway Patrol Senior Sergeant Scott Roberts said…