News
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Spokes get bikes back in the saddle
By CASEY NEILL SPOKES in the Wheel is giving Dandenong’s Sudanese community a new lease on life. Jack Nugent has been involved with the Engineers…
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Migrant success story makes life richer
By CASEY NEILL BON Nguyen got the opportunities to build a new life when he fled Vietnam for Australia. He’s determined to open the same…
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Council considers its cut
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong Council has not decided whether to recover legal costs from Springvale’s Vu Ho, whose sheep Baa died at home earlier…
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Settlers struggle through
What’s in a Name delves into the fascinating stories and personalities behind some of the city’s best known street names. This week the Journal looks…
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Safety sentence
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS FOR the next two years, Cadmiel ‘Tibby’ Duscas is under a court order to drive home a road-safety campaign to school students.…
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Writers help their readers
STUDENTS at Haileybury’s Keysborough campus received a hand with their reading skills last week – from some well-known authors. Preps celebrated Book Week with Lee…
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Drivers in park fight
A MAN was taken to hospital with a head wound following a road rage incident in central Dandenong. A Blue Mazda 6 sedan and a…
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House burns
POLICE are appealing for information about a suspicious house fire in Noble Park. The blaze broke out about 5.30pm on Monday 18 August at the…
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Justice not paid is justice denied
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS DEFENDANTS are ending up in jail unnecessarily because of cuts to legal aid, a lawyer has claimed. Catherine O’Bryan, partner and manager…
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Shot hits car
TWO people sitting in their parked car on Cleeland Street, Dandenong, have claimed they were victims of a drive-by shooting. Detective Senior Constable Kane Taylor…
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Passenger critical after traffic light smash
TWO men were seriously injured in a car crash on the Princes Highway at Dandenong. A police spokeswoman said a Mitsubishi sedan travelling towards Dandenong…
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Traders all-clear
REGULAR Dandenong Market audits have failed to find evidence of illegal products for sale. The City of Greater Dandenong recently received a letter from a…