Tag: News
To market, for millions
By NARELLE COULTER
FIVE million people shop at the Dandenong market each year, ranking it alongside Melbourne’s other premier markets the Queen Victoria, South Melbourne...
Mayor put on ice
By CASEY NEILL
"I COULDN’T breathe for like three seconds afterwards. They put a lot of ice in my bucket!"
But Mayor Jim Memeti was proud...
Worker crushed under 700kg of steel
A MAN was trapped beneath 700 kilograms of steel at a Keysborough factory about 3pm this afternoon (Thursday).
A specialist CFA rescue crew from Dandenong...
Dandy’s eyes on Anzac
A LOOK at the Anzac legend will take centre stage in Dandenong this weekend.
St John’s Regional College will host the Sons of Anzacs lecture...
Armed robbery: multiple charges laid
By CASEY NEILL
TWO men are in custody following an armed robbery at a Dandenong adult entertainment store on Saturday night.
Andrew Maharaj, 33, from Dandenong,...
Smash central
By CASEY NEILL
A LACK of lights at a busy Dandenong intersection is colliding with driving behaviour to create a serious safety hazard.
Lamis Albyati frequently...
Cafe’s taste of freedom
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
MAS Mai often ironically laughs, his wife Kha Re Mar will shed tears when they recall their close-run escape from Myanmar followed...
Finding the words speaks volumes
By CASEY NEILL
A NEW art project has helped refugees and asylum seekers find a voice in Greater Dandenong.
'There are no words/under construction' is appearing...
Journeys through the stars
By CASEY NEILL
AN ART installation is linking refugee and migrant women in more ways than one.
Artist Eddy Carroll facilitated The Night Sky during a...
Spokes get bikes back in the saddle
By CASEY NEILL
SPOKES in the Wheel is giving Dandenong’s Sudanese community a new lease on life.
Jack Nugent has been involved with the Engineers Without...
Migrant success story makes life richer
By CASEY NEILL
BON Nguyen got the opportunities to build a new life when he fled Vietnam for Australia.
He’s determined to open the same doors...
Council considers its cut
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
GREATER Dandenong Council has not decided whether to recover legal costs from Springvale’s Vu Ho, whose sheep Baa died at home earlier...