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Council staff in stop-work bans
Greater Dandenong Council workers will stop their paperwork, mowing ovals, tending to parks and emptying bins as part of stopwork bans on Thursday.
Workers last...
Former Warriors back for flag triumph
By ROY WARD
GREATER Dandenong Warriors women almost missed the Hockey Victoria season due to a shortage of players.
Then coach Shane Hammond, assistant coach Kevin...
Anti-terror raids: Aimless youth, 'wild ideas' and a trail
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
AN Islamic centre in Springvale South raided by police in an anti-terror operation has been described as a small group of young...
Dorotea's off to build a future
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
COMMERCE student Dorotea Horina has some of the world's biggest problems on her mind as she travels from Dandenong North to Geneva.
Ms...
Crowds up: Sticky start to Sandown success
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
ORGANISERS are boasting about a surge in crowds for last weekend’s Sandown 500 despite a sticky start to Sunday.
Sandown Raceway manager Wade...
No escape in Dandenong
ILLEGAL drivers had no place to hide during a state highway patrol blitz in Dandenong last Wednesday and Thursday.
As part of Operation Road Bia,...
More job cuts feared at TAFE
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
CHISHOLM Institute staff and the Australian Education Union fear the price of ongoing funding cuts at the institute will be more than...
New Dandenong plant to treat contaminated soil
A SECOND contaminated soil treatment plant will be built in the Dandenong area.
Renex Group chief executive Peter Mirkov announced works were set to start...
Cops confront spike in domestic violence
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
FAMILY assaults are regarded by police as extremely serious — so much so that Greater Dandenong police sergeant Ally Howard sees her...
Dome is where the stars are
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
BUDDING astronomers have a chance to reach for the stars in an inflatable planetarium during Greater Dandenong's inaugural children's festival.
The 'Cosmodome' will...
Getting the message through
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
DANDENONG-based businessman Craig Membrey is set to make a documentary to try to stop teen suicides.
Mr Membrey's 17-year-old son Rowan died last...
Anti-terror raids: 'Too much time on their hands'
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
AN Islamic centre in Springvale South raided by police in an anti-terror operation has been described as a ‘‘small group of young...