Tag: News
Landfill group formed
Former Casey councillor Paul Richardson is part of an eight-member Taylors Road Landfill Reference Group announced by the landfill's operator SITA last week.
Mr Richardson,...
Chatty pet bird found
A wayward pet rainbow lorikeet was found in Dandenong North on August 16.
It laughs, talks and whistles, and wears an identification leg band.
Details: Deb,...
Taste of life in refugee’s shoes
By Cameron Lucadou-Wells
Hamid Sultani is an Afghan refugee living in Dandenong. He hopes that he's helped to open viewers' eyes to the plight of...
Police hot on the ‘money trail’
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
POLICE will seize assets and property following drug raids that resulted in four people being charged over fraud offences involving about $2...
Two charged over Dandenong South robbery
Two men have been charged over an armed robbery at a Dandenong South furniture store on Monday last week.
Police said two men carrying knives...
Perils of the ‘shoot’
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
WHAT makes a war photojournalist put their life at risk for a photo?
Nadja Kostich, who directs Bare Witness - a play on...
Show of support needed
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
DOVETON'S annual show may be downsized due to a dire lack of volunteers.
The show, a low-cost alternative to the Royal Melbourne Show,...
Fire destroys unit, dog dies
A woman escaped a fire at her Athol Road unit in Springvale South last Thursday.
The woman had been sleeping when she was woken about...
Golden moments like these
A SHAFT of golden, wintry sunshine filtered through the trees at the St James Heritage Hill complex and illuminated the church hall.
It...
Garbo who didn’t get it right nabbed
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
THIESS Systems has refused to comment after its rubbish trucks were caught 'double-dipping' for several weeks in Dandenong North.
Somerset Drive resident Terry...
Three storeys, like it or not, in MacPherson Street
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
RESIDENTS have been told they have no formal rights to oppose a three-storey apartment block proposal that will tower over one of...
Four charged with armed robbery of Dandenong South store
TWO men have been charged with the armed robbery of a Dandenong South furniture store yesterday.
It’s alleged that two men carrying knives held up...
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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...
