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Shopping jeep ban on bus blows back on council
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS GREATER Dandenong Council’s ban on shopping jeeps for its community shopping bus service appears to be an oddity compared to similar services…
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What's on around Dandenong, Springvale, Keysborough and Noble Park
Community garden volunteers: The community garden at the Noble Park Community Centre has lots of new plants and vegetables to be planted, and new composting…
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Letters to the Editor, Dandenong Journal
Re: Security staff at hospital Monash medical health bosses should be ashamed with themselves. Where is their duty of care to staff and other patients?…
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Asylum seekers making their mark in Dandenong
A FRESH lick of paint has been applied to a soon-to-open Dandenong-based help service for asylum seekers. Kon Karapanagiotidis, chief executive of the Asylum Seekers…
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Raising the baa on fees 'not a Vu Ho tax'
IN an apparent budget quirk, the release fees for impounded sheep, pigs and goats is set to quadruple. Corporate services director Mick Jaensch denied the…
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State Budget: Dandenong dumped, says MP
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS DANDENONG has been neglected in favour of nearby neighbour Frankston in last week’s state budget, says Labor’s Dandenong MP John Pandazopoulos. He…
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Dandenong Tech high-jinks from class of '54
DANDENONG, through the eyes of a schoolboy. That’s what the Dandenong and District Historical Society was treated to when Bill Carson was invited to speak…
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Devil's in detail on Greater Dandenong rates bill
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS PREPARE for a bill shock on your next rates notice. The average Greater Dandenong household is set to pay a possible $181.51…
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Aching Jasmina honours rock-fisher father
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS JASMINA Pedic fought severe cramps and aching knees last Thursday to somehow finish a 95-kilometre run from Noble Park to San Remo…
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Jack Charles tackles life's challenges
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS As a pioneer of Australian “black theatre”, Jack Charles is not afraid of continuing to fight for his rights. Charles, who is…
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Cornerstone gets good Samaritan timely help
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS SOME unlikely saviours are mending Cornerstone Contact Centre’s disrepaired building in Dandenong. Workers John Harraghy and Gordon Kirkpatrick of Dandenong steel sheet…
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State Budget: hospital security funds shortfall angers nurse union
A NURSES union has lashed out at a lack of extra state budget funding for security guards at hospital emergency departments. Australian Nursing Federation state…
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