News
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Longer trams on the way
Dandenong-built trams will soon be ferrying passengers from Docklands to Bundoora. E-Class trams will make their debut on Route 86 next month. Bombardier is building…
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Risk and cost in deadly dumping
Cleaning up illegally-dumped asbestos cost Greater Dandenong Council more than $30,000 last financial year. This was almost double the previous 12 months’ $16,000 clean-up bill.…
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New faces possible from Greater Dandenong voting
By Casey Neill Greater Dandenong Council could welcome up to four new faces, early results from Saturday’s election show. Paperbark Ward incumbent councillor Peter Brown…
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Red faced over light fine
By Casey Neill Motorists are continuing to see red over a controversial red light camera in Keysborough. Werner Lieberwirth wrote to the Journal after reading…
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New show generation rides in
By Casey Neill Alex Morgan has been a Dandenong Show fixture for more than 60 years, and is known to those involved with the annual…
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Tears for safe life
By Casey Neill Milk bar family’s hopes destroyed after raid… A four-year-old girl is scared to go outside and “always crying” following an armed robbery…
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Cooking up a Bollywood treat
By Casey Neill Dandenong’s Faiz Sharif has made his mark on a locally filmed Bollywood-style movie. He’s the editor and executive producer for WHO, which…
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Grateful to new home, Nazer finds place of honour
By Casey Neill “The safe life that I was dying for my whole life, I found it only in Australia. Therefore I’m committed to do…
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Gambling awareness events bring hope to addicts
By Casey Neill Gambling is in the spotlight in Springvale this month. The Springvale Indo-Chinese Mutual Association (SICMAA) with the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health…
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Queen’s award for scouting Kalesha
By Casey Neill It’s official – Kalesha Morgan is a good scout. Actually, the Dandenong North 18-year-old is one of the best. She received a…
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Bikies hit in car-ram arson attack
By Casey Neill Raiders drove a car into the Rebels bikie gang headquarters in Dandenong South and torched it, sending the England Street premises up…
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Huey flies high
A Dandenong icon is back up where it belongs. The Vietnam War-era helicopter at Dandenong RSL lost one of its rotor stay cables in a…