Tag: News
Marg was Journal’s heart and soul
By NARELLE COULTER
VETERAN reporter Marg Stork dearly wanted to help celebrate the Journal’s 150th anniversary.
Sadly, she fell just short, passing last June aged 92.
Marg...
Decked out and ready to roll
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
BEWARE of flying skateboards, Noble Park.
Fresh from a safety audit, the suburb’s $1-million-plus cutting edge skate park - with vertical bowl, snake...
Comedian’s career of poking fun
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
STAND-UP comedian Col Elliott has graduated far beyond being Lyndale High School’s class clown.
Elliott, 66, sprung onto the national and, at times,...
Dandenong does the hard cell on family violence
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
A PILOT program that fast-tracks family violence offenders through Dandenong Magistrates’ Court has led to better justice for victims, the state Royal...
Centrelink parking meters to remain
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
PARKING meters that were recently installed outside Centrelink’s Dandenong office are here to stay.
Greater Dandenong council’s city planning director Jody Bosman, in...
Council pulls video shocker
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
GREATER Dandenong Council has pulled a video depicting human executions from its civic square big-screen.
A visitor to the square noted a short...
Spotlight again on missing Shiva
By CASEY NEILL
SHIVA Chauhan sent a text message at 11.30pm on Thursday 1 May last year.
He hasn’t been heard from since.
National Missing Persons Week...
Missing cases re-opened
By CASEY NEILL
NOBLE Park grandfather Mahalingham Sinnathamby has been missing for almost 10 years.
The Sri Lankan-born 68-year-old was last seen at a doctor’s appointment...
Still missing Jake
By CASEY NEILL
IT’S been almost a year since Dandenong North man Jake Lyons disappeared without a trace.
He missed Christmas with his family. He missed...
Chris leaves big footprints
By CASEY NEILL
DANDENONG’S Christophe Rousselin has a passion for drafting and design - and the talent to match.
“I like the idea of leaving a...
Our Walsh is a big wheel
By CASEY NEILL
A DANDENONG industry leader is on a new Premier’s panel of the state’s best business brains.
Actco-Pickering Metal Industries partner Jill Walsh and...
Skate park opens after safety concerns
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
NOBLE Park’s keenly anticipated cutting-edge skate park is to be opened to the public today.
Greater Dandenong Council made the announcement that the...
Latest
‘No change’ to visitor-visa criteria
A federal MP says there's no change to the criteria preventing overseas relatives wishing to visit South East residents, despite claims of a spate...
