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...
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...
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?...
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...
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...
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 said...
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...
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...
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...
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 starring...
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 processor...
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...