Editors Picks
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Secret documents: Chisholm TAFE tuition fees to soar by 70 per cent
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS CHISHOLM Institute is predicting 1500 less students and soaring course fees next year, according to a leaked state cabinet report. The report,…
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Cannabis: Noble Park man charged with trafficking
A Noble Park man has been charged with trafficking cannabis after two police raids. On September 5, Dandenong tasking unit police raided an Oakleigh transport…
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Home trashed in brazen Dandenong invasion
Three people, including a one-year-old boy, locked themselves in a room as their house and two cars were trashed in a terrifying home invasion in…
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Cr Donovan won't recontest
Greater Dandenong councillor and former mayor Paul Donovan says he will bow out from civic duties next month. Cr Donovan simply said “it’s quits for…
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Council staff in stop-work bans
Greater Dandenong Council workers will stop their paperwork, mowing ovals, tending to parks and emptying bins as part of stopwork bans on Thursday. Workers last…
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Former Warriors back for flag triumph
By ROY WARD GREATER Dandenong Warriors women almost missed the Hockey Victoria season due to a shortage of players. Then coach Shane Hammond, assistant coach…
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Anti-terror raids: Aimless youth, 'wild ideas' and a trail
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS AN Islamic centre in Springvale South raided by police in an anti-terror operation has been described as a small group of young…
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Dorotea's off to build a future
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS COMMERCE student Dorotea Horina has some of the world’s biggest problems on her mind as she travels from Dandenong North to Geneva.…
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Crowds up: Sticky start to Sandown success
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS ORGANISERS are boasting about a surge in crowds for last weekend’s Sandown 500 despite a sticky start to Sunday. Sandown Raceway manager…
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No escape in Dandenong
ILLEGAL drivers had no place to hide during a state highway patrol blitz in Dandenong last Wednesday and Thursday. As part of Operation Road Bia,…
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More job cuts feared at TAFE
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS CHISHOLM Institute staff and the Australian Education Union fear the price of ongoing funding cuts at the institute will be more than…
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New Dandenong plant to treat contaminated soil
A SECOND contaminated soil treatment plant will be built in the Dandenong area. Renex Group chief executive Peter Mirkov announced works were set to start…