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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...
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...
Cops confront spike in domestic violence
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
FAMILY assaults are regarded by police as extremely serious — so much so that Greater Dandenong police sergeant Ally Howard sees her...
Dome is where the stars are
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
BUDDING astronomers have a chance to reach for the stars in an inflatable planetarium during Greater Dandenong's inaugural children's festival.
The 'Cosmodome' will...
Getting the message through
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
DANDENONG-based businessman Craig Membrey is set to make a documentary to try to stop teen suicides.
Mr Membrey's 17-year-old son Rowan died last...
Anti-terror raids: 'Too much time on their hands'
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...
An app a day, every day
A SLIGSHOT that has birds flying through the air smashing into pigs. A samurai sword the slices and dices fruit. Simple ideas. Big money.
But among...
Guns seized in terror raids across region
By Farah Farouque, Dan Oakes, Vince Chadwick and Nino
Bucci
POLICE yesterday raided up to a dozen properties in suburbs including Springvale South, Endeavour Hills and Noble Park,...
Machete threat in Dingley robbery
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells
TWO men wearing hockey masks threatened staff with a machete during an armed robbery at a Dingley supermarket last night.
The men demanded...
Chisholm shock: 220 jobs to go
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
STAFF from Chisholm Institute's south-east campuses were told this afternoon that about 220 permanent and fixed-term contract jobs will go by the...
Springvale South residents warned of daytime burglaries
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
SPRINGVALE South residents have been warned about a spate of daytime burglaries in and around Wardale Road during the past month.
Detective Acting...
Cannabis with $78K street value seized in Noble Park raid
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A NOBLE Park man has been charged with trafficking cannabis after two police raids last week.
On Wednesday, Dandenong Tasking Unit police raided...
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Bleeding Bloods to meet Bucks in big Turf 1 contest
Coloured clothing is going back in the cupboards as whites make a sweeping return across the Dandenong District Cricket Association landscape this weekend in...
