Tag: News
Trains on track for election
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
LABOR has pledged to roll out 30 new metro trains and 20 V/Line carriages as part of an $800 million state election...
Needs based is the solution
By CASEY NEILL
THE Shotton Group is breaking ground, spending $2.5 million on machines which have never before been used in the southern hemisphere.
The Journal...
Land buy businessman forged ahead
What’s In A Name delves into the fascinating stories and personalities behind some of the city’s best known street names. This week the Journal...
Wishes swing
By CASEY NEILL
WALLARA’S annual golf day has raised $50,000 for its Wish Foundation.
The event, which was held at Keysborough Golf Club on 24 October,...
Cup Day cops give drink drivers a run
DRINK drivers will be in the sights of Greater Dandenong Highway Patrol officers on Melbourne Cup Day.
Senior Sergeant Scott Roberts said his team would...
Little light over Indian precinct
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
EMBATTLED Little India traders have demanded the Labor Party’s proposed showcase Indian cultural precinct be set in Dandenong.
During a pre-state election grilling...
Lambo needs an ambo
By CASEY NEILL
KEYSBOROUGH Freedom Club is desperately seeking a new attraction for its market fund-raiser.
The Lamborghini that was to deliver rides at the not-for-profit...
Fun day for lights festival
DANDENONG Market celebrated the Festival of Lights with a free day of family entertainment.
The Diwali Family Day on Sunday 26 October included dance performances...
New abattoir cuts it
By CASEY NEILL
A REFURBISHED $30 million abattoir in Dandenong South will create almost 400 new jobs.
Australian Meat Group managing director Gilbert Cabral said the...
Life held by a thread
By CASEY NEILL
“I WANTED to go where I could save my life.”
This was Abuk Bol’s only thought as she fled Sudan with her husband...
Risks raise a stink
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
Chinese developers have been told to be cautions over their plans to develop a theme park within sniffing distance of a major...
Couple work hard together
By CASEY NEILL
AHMET and Emina Vehabovic married after a week-long courtship when he was 23 - and she was just 15.
On 18 October the...