Tag: News
The beat’s on the streets
WORLD-CLASS musicians, dancers and athletes will descend on Greater Dandenong this National Youth Week to share their skills.
In a coup for the region, 360...
Bus-car collision: driver critical, passenger serious
A CAR collided with a bus filled with 31 children from Dandenong’s Emerson School on Nettle Drive in Hallam about 3.50pm yesterday (Wednesday).
The car’s...
Sinking the ICU superbug
INTENSIVE care beds will have to close at Dandenong Hospital so sinks harbouring a ‘superbug’ can be replaced.
Carbapenem-resistent Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) has infected 10 patients...
Charges over drug haul
A SPRINGVALE man is due to face court today (Thursday) over a $70,000 drug haul.
The Dandenong Tasking Unit last week raided the 43-year-old’s home...
Attempted robbery on bank
POLICE are looking for a man who tried to rob a Dandenong bank on 15 January.
The man handed a note saying “fill bags with...
Easy on the tongue
NINE Greater Dandenong students were among 182 recognised with Victorian School of Languages (VSL) Top Scorers awards.
Education Minister Martin Dixon congratulated them for receiving...
Poor transport means bereaved miss out
GRIEVING families are said to be missing out on free counselling because of inadequate public transport.
Now Kusum Wijeyasinghe from the Buddhist Sri Lankan Association...
Labor’s man steps forward
MARTIN Pakula is the Labor Party’s candidate for the Lyndhurst by-election.
Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews made the announcement alongside the former Public Transport, Industry and...
Hallam bus crash: Residents say 'accident waiting to happen'
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
UPDATE: Residents say they have been pleading for speed humps on Nettle Drive, Hallam for more than a year where a car...
Hallam bus crash: Residents warned of road's perils
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
LATEST: Residents say they have been pleading for speed humps on Nettle Drive, Hallam for more than a year where a car...
Search for mystery owner of oil painting found in Dandenong
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
DANDENONG police are seeking the owner of a recently-found oil painting.
The bright, rustic painting of a weatherboard house has a brown wooden...
Springvale man faces court on drug trafficking charges
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A MAN has been charged with trafficking about $40,000 worth of methamphetamines after police raided two neighbouring units in Springvale last Thursday.
Greater...
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Five in favour of in-house aged care
A near-majority of Greater Dandenong's new-elected councillors support retaining council aged care and disability services, according to a survey by ex-mayor Roz Blades.
Blades led...
