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Crisis of China confidence
By CASEY NEILL A trip to China is a waste of ratepayers’ money say three Greater Dandenong councillors who have also criticised the sister city…
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Hoons waste police time
By CASEY NEILL Hoons are costing lives by using up police time during low risk periods and leaving them short of manpower during the most…
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Watch out for walls
GREATER Dandenong walls are coming under scrutiny, and the community’s encouraged to express any concerns. City of Greater Dandenong will carry out inspections on freestanding…
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Dandenong Hospital nurses may take action
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS NURSES may take industrial action over unresolved safety concerns at Dandenong Hospital’s emergency department since a 2011 state inquiry into the problem.…
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Gallery: Dandenong Anzac Day service
Veterans and families marched from the Dandenong RSL to the centotaph at Pillars of Freedom for the Dandenong Anzac Day service.
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Four charged as sniffer dogs hit Greater Dandenong
FOUR people were charged with drug-related offences during a police sniffer-dog operation in Springvale, Noble Park and Dandenong yesterday. Plain-clothes and uniform police officers, assisted…
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Ashes squad: Dandenong Panthers pacemen lead attack
By BRAD McGRATH TWO Dandenong Panthers pacemen will spearhead Australia’s attack in England as they attempt to reclaim the Ashes. James Pattinson and Peter Siddle…
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Man charged after Springvale drugs raid
By KAREN COOMBS A MAN was arrested and charged for cultivating a commercial quantity of cannabis after a police raid of two houses in Hanleth…
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Woman, 67, attacked in Hallam
A 67-YEAR-old woman suffered a broken pelvis and ribs after being attacked while walking her dog in Hallam parkland last week. Police say an unknown…
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Candidate push for more Dandenong CCT cameras
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS A FEDERAL Liberal candidate says he’ll fight for funding for more closed-circuit television cameras in central Dandenong. Emanuele Cicchiello, who will run…
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Gallery: Anzac Day parade in Noble Park
A 400-strong crowd flocked to the Anzac Day parade and service in Noble Park yesterday. The veterans, mainly Vietnam ex-service personnel, and spectators paid their…
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Different strokes create harmony
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS Imagine the creative tensions in a band comprising a hardcore punk guitarist, an R&B/reggae drummer and a folk singer. But the members…