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Construction company works on safety award
A KEYSBOROUGH business is among finalists for this year’s WorkSafe Awards. State Assistant Treasurer Gordon Rich-Phillips last week congratulated the first of eight finalists nominated…
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Business are willing to take the toll
GREATER Dandenong businesses are open to the idea of a new toll road to ease railway crossing congestion in Dandenong South. A survey of those…
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Spark of hope in battle for the top
By RUSSELL BENNETT THE Dandenong Rangers WNBL team is leaving no stone untuned in a relentless quest to reclaim its spot at the top of…
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Cavalier attitude wins through
The Dandenong Thunder was unable to overcome a tenacious Green Gully Cavaliers, falling 2-0 and remaining seventh on the ladder. After only trailing 1-0 at…
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Lyndhurst electorate obliterated
By CASEY NEILL THE Lyndhurst electorate will be no more under proposed changes to state electoral boundaries. Victoria’s Electoral Boundaries Commission (EBC) on 27 June…
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Vu Ho the fighter: Sheep, prison, Viet Cong, pirates
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS LATEST: When Vu Ho lost last week’s legal appeal to keep his pet sheep Baa at his Springvale home, he faced a $200,000-plus…
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Marinko Matosevic always a winner at Dandenong Tennis Club
By EWEN McRAE: emcrae@mmpgroup.com.au SUCCESS at the majors might be eluding Marinko Matosevic, but at Dandenong Tennis Club he’ll always be a big deal. Matosevic was…
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Keysborough acid test: gallery, video
By ALECIA PINNER EPA staff donned protective suits before tackling the clean-up of an acid spill on Keysborough Road last Tuesday. A 1000-litre container fell…
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Pole makes light work of Hallam oval’s tree problem
By ALECIA PINNER: apinner@mmpgroup.com.au CASEY council will erect an extra light pole at Hallam Recreation Reserve to solve the problem of a large tree casting…
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Casey, Great Dandenong grants take a massive hit
By ALECIA PINNER CASEY council will lose $434,000 in federal government grants this financial year – the second-highest loss to a council in Victoria –…
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Your community voice: Sri Samy
Community Voice is a monthly column celebrating Greater Dandenong’s diverse cultures and lifestyles. This month Sri Samy, a charity volunteer and advocate for Tamil refugees,…
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Skate teenagers robbed in Dandenong
POLICE are seeking witnesses to a robbery in which a group of teenagers threatened two 16-year-old boys and stole mobile phones and an iPod about…