News
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Safety works keep danger council car park closed
By CASEY NEILL DANDENONG Civic Centre’s trouble-plagued basement car park could still be almost a year from re-opening. Engineering services director Julie Reid at last…
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Scotland takes centre stage
By GEORGIA WESTGARTH TARTAN, band pipes and animals took centre stage at this year’s Scottish Heritage Day on Sunday, 31 May. In its 13th year…
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Gypsies arrive with tales of cut-throat terror
Jack Johnson is the author of When the Clock Strikes, a fascinating account of growing up in Dandenong, his years tending to the city’s pipes…
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Somyurek warned of contempt of Parliament risk
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS EMBATTLED South-Eastern Metropolitan Region MP Adem Somyurek has missed the first two Parliamentary sitting days since being stood down as a cabinet…
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Petrol thief hunt
A BRAZEN thief who stole a car in Dandenong South has been using it in a spate of petrol drive-offs throughout the state. Police are…
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Company tests for wellbeing
By CASEY NEILL KEYSBOROUGH’S Advanced Technology Testing and Research (ATTAR) was a finalist for the Professional Services Award. It followed on from the tech company’s…
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Tasty town a food gem
By CASEY NEILL “MELBOURNE has an absolute jewel in Dandenong.” This was just the start of Food Safari host Maeve O’Meara’s praise for the melting…
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Donstan’s making friends
IT’S time for inspiring refugees and asylum seekers who give back to the community to take a bow, according to welfare group Friends of Refugees.…
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Hookah ban bubbles up
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong Council is seeking to form a coalition with medical bodies and other councils to ban indoor shisha smoking in cafes…
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Overpass progress
By CASEY NEILL A DANDENONG lobby group has welcomed progress on an overpass to cut congestion and save lives. But the State Government is yet…
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Soul lost from Christian bookshop
A DANDENONG shop that has been selling Christian books since 1977 will close its doors for the last time at 5pm on Saturday, 30 May.…
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Wordley is a wanted woman
POLICE are appealing for help from the public to find Michelle Dianna Wordley. They’ve issued three warrants for the 47-year-old’s arrest in relation to theft,…