Keysborough acid test: gallery, video
By ALECIA PINNER
EPA staff donned protective suits before tackling the clean-up of an acid spill on Keysborough Road last Tuesday.
A 1000-litre container fell off...
Pole makes light work of Hallam oval’s tree problem
By ALECIA PINNER: apinner@mmpgroup.com.au
CASEY council will erect an extra light pole at Hallam Recreation
Reserve to solve the problem of a large tree casting a...
Casey, Great Dandenong grants take a massive hit
By ALECIA PINNER
CASEY council will lose $434,000 in federal government grants this
financial year – the second-highest loss to a council in Victoria –...
Your community voice: Sri Samy
Community Voice is a monthly column celebrating Greater Dandenong’s diverse cultures and lifestyles. This month Sri Samy, a charity volunteer and advocate for Tamil...
Skate teenagers robbed in Dandenong
POLICE are seeking witnesses to a
robbery in which a group of teenagers threatened two 16-year-old boys
and stole mobile phones and an iPod about 4pm...
Double trouble for Keysborough driver
A Keysborough man was allegedly caught twice in one night driving
while his licence was suspended.
Police said they saw the man, 35,
driving erratically on Thompsons...
Hoon's car impounded
POLICE have impounded the car of a hoon, 23, who was allegedly
caught driving almost 60km/h above the speed limit about 3am on Monday,
June 24.
Police...
Shoppers cop some questioning
BRUSHING up on
their interviewing skills, Springvale police have been out seeking happy
customers rather than criminals for a survey at Parkmore and Noble Park
...
Gillard backer Dreyfus survives turmoil
By DANIEL TRAN & CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
- See: Crean won't contest Hotham
JULIA Gillard supporter and Isaacs MP Mark Dreyfus will continue
in his role as the...
Refugee youngsters having a ball
By ALECIA PINNER
YOUNG Sudanese and Afghani refugees have spent 10 fun-filled weeks learning to play basketball in Dandenong North.
The New Kids on the Basketball...
My Voice: A moment with Marg
By MARG STORK
LYNDHURST Halfway House has played important roles in
the local community, not the least being the catalyst for the formation
of Dandenong...
Baa and Vu beaten, but sheer determination will go on
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS: clucadou-wells@mmpgroup.com.au
- SEE: Vu Ho the fighter: Sheep, prison, Viet Cong, pirates
SPRINGVALE refugee Vu Ho faces a $200,000-plus legal bill after
losing his...
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Final exams blunder claims scalp of authority boss
The head of Victoria's exams authority has quit after a blunder allowed students to view hidden questions on sample papers.
Education Minister Ben Carroll announced...
