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Covid cases rise in Casey
An Endeavour Hills service-station and a supermarket, as well as a cluster of Dandenong medical premises, have been listed as Covid exposure sites. The most…
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Daughters ’set record straight’
Daughters of a deceased hospital patient have told an inquiry on 2 September that their mother ate I Cook Food sandwiches. On their mother’s 89th…
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Knox report ’no impact’ on charges
Greater Dandenong chief executive officer John Bennie says the council’s prosecution of I Cook Foods had no link to the food eaten by a deceased…
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Closed due to ’shortcomings’
Department of Health officials took a “risk-based, proportionate” response by not recently shutting down a Meals on Wheels supplier linked to a man’s listeria-related death,…
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CHO defends closure
Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says he made the right call to close I Cook Foods despite evidence casting doubt on whether a deceased…
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Bodycam deletion ’crime’
City of Greater Dandenong’s deletion of body-cam footage has been seized on as proof of a crime by I Cook Foods. In an inquiry on…
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Garlick denies slug plant
Greater Dandenong environment health officer Elizabeth Garlick has again denied at the I Cook Foods inquiry to planting a live slug. ICF had been forced…
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Man charged with murder
A man has been charged with the murder of another man in Shawlands Caravan Park in Dandenong South. Police were called to the site on…
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Rough sleepers find a roof
Out in the parks, creeks and secret hideaways, a caring team are “boots on the ground” looking for Greater Dandenong’s rough sleepers. Launch Housing’s Rough…
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New bus route for suburbs
A new bus route will run every 30 minutes at weekday peak times between Keysborough South and Noble Park station, the State Government has announced.…
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Guide Dogs’ right of way
Guide Dogs are being wrongly brought to heel when trying to enter public places. Their handlers and trainers are reporting their right to enter public…
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Bomb squad called to Greens Rd
Police have responded to reports of a “possible pipe bomb” at a premises in Dandenong South. Bomb Response Unit members were called out to the…












