Tag: opinion
Springvale RSL jilted on pokies
The Springvale RSL has every right to feel somewhat jilted by Greater Dandenong Council’s refusing an application for an additional 11 gaming machines, simply...
Greater Dandenong Your Say: Letters to the Editor
Voters hold the power
Residents and ratepayers of Greater Dandenong who want their children and grandchildren to have safe, happy and sustainable futures should think...
Dandenong Your Say: Letters to the Editor
Re: Public transport stop-start
It would be crazy to think that building more roads is an answer to our transport and traffic congestion problem. If...
Greater Dandenong poll: Letters to the Editor and web comments
In the lead-up to this month's council elections, the Weekly requires all letters and comments on municipal issues submitted for publication, whether online or...
Dandenong Pultney planning approval 'disgraceful'
If the chain of events regarding the multi-level building approved for Pultney Street in Dandenong unfolded as outlined in the Greater Dandenong Weekly article of...
Dingley Arterial: Why bother with Cheltenham Road overpass?
Bureaucrats do wonderful things with our money: the bridge for the Dingley Arterial over Cheltenham Road was built, at great expense, in lieu of...
Your Say: Letters to the Editor
Re: Multi-storey anger
Cr Jim Memeti says he would support a smaller residential 2 zone (Weekly, September 3). My question is what exactly is he planning...
Election time in Greater Dandenong
In the lead-up to next month's council elections the Weekly requires all letters and comments on municipal issues submitted for publication, whether online or...
Preschool needs a school crossing
Dandenong West Pre-School in Fifth Avenue has a safety problem with drivers speeding and people who don’t park properly.
As a parent of three kids,...
Take care, ward off Alzheimer’s
In the state electorates of Dandenong and Lyndhurst that the Weekly covers, there are an estimated 1512 people living with dementia and this is...
DOXA pokies bad for Dandenong
Greater Dandenong Council needs to work at reducing, not increasing, the number of poker machines in a municipality. Adults living in Melbourne’s poorest area,...
Greater Dandenong Weekly: letters to the editor
Re: Taste of life in refugee's shoes
Mistakes were made for sure, Peter Reith: one of them was ever letting you be in public office....