News
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No light relief for troubled junction
By CASEY NEILL STOP signs and a traffic island have not improved a dangerous Dandenong intersection, says a long-time campaigner for lights at Scott and…
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Dandy sign “ugly as sin”
By CASEY NEILL “UGLY as sin” and “the work of bogans” are descriptions levelled at new signage installed in Dandenong’s Harmony Square on Tuesday. Councillor…
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Bizarre bomb scare at railway station
POLICE are seeking an explanation after a bomb scare at Noble Park train station on Sunday. The bomb squad was called to the station around…
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MPs get cross over crossings
By CASEY NEILL GREATER Dandenong’s worst level crossings are fuelling a war of words between the region’s politicians. Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams said “the Liberal-Green…
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Unwanted mail on post jobs
By CASEY NEILL JOBS at the Dandenong South letter sorting centre hang in the balance, with Australia Post forecasting a $500 million loss. But the…
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Pedestrian killed in Dandenong
A PEDESTRIAN was hit and killed by a car in Dandenong on Friday night. The 64-year-old woman was trying to cross Birdwood Avenue near the…
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Saved DNA samples link 1980s crimes
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A BREAKTHROUGH in DNA research has led police to link an unsolved rape in Dandenong to a suspicious cold case death in…
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MP faces Parliament grilling
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS EMBATTLED MP Adem Somyurek has faced his first questions in Parliament a month after the launch of an investigation into allegations that…
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Epic smiles
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS The inaugural RASRA awards recently held in Dandenong could be given a national platform, Friends of Refugees chief executive Sri Samy said.…
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IPhone thief pulls up with fake gun
A MAN allegedly carrying a fake gun stole a teenager’s iPhone while they were waiting for a bus in Springvale South. The man approached the…
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Skates on for security
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS SECURITY around Noble Park’s skate park has been “ramped up” to deter adults and children from test-driving it prior to construction’s end.…
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School card buying spree
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS CHANDLER Park Primary School leaders’ spending of nearly $50,000 on their corporate credit cards in one year lacked “appropriate oversight”, an anti-corruption…