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Dramatic build in Greater Dandenong council debt

By DANIEL TRAN GREATER Dandenong council expects to return to “acceptable” debt levels in five years, after revealing it borrowed $33 million in 2012-13 to fund...

Letters to the editor: June 24-30

PEOPLE POWER WILL END THE RACISM SCOURGE Recent troubling reports exposing racism in Victoria show that it’s time to focus on a solution. Every racist incident is...

Thick wall saves woman as car heads into Dandenong North bedroom

By DANIEL TRAN: dtran@mmpgroup.com.au A DANDENONG North woman could have died when a car ploughed into her bedroom if the walls had not been double-brick, says her...

Monash Health needle-exchange staff fear job losses 

By ALECIA PINNER: apinner@mmpgroup.com.au STAFF at Monash Health are fighting changes to the Dandenong and Springvale needle-exchange program which they fear could eliminate their jobs. The Foster...

Simon Crean won't contest Hotham at election

By Richard Willingham, The Age LABOR party veteran Simon Crean has declared the past three years in the hung parliament the low point of his...

Pictures of the Month: May 

CHECK out our best photos through May from all over our city, as featured in the Weekly and The Weekly Review newspapers.  Images selected by Metro Media Publishing’s Picture Editors...

My week at the Journal

By Jordan Dana, Ringwood Secondary College year 10 student AS I am interested in journalism I decided to try and do my Year 10 work experience...

Distress over missing diabetic pooch Boofy

THE Narre Warren owners of a diabetic poodle-cross which went missing from Dandenong North two weeks ago are concerned for her health. 'Boofy' was staying...

Isaacs MP Dreyfus to stay Attorney-General

By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS ISAACS federal MP Mark Dreyfus will remain as Attorney-General despite backing former prime minister Julia Gillard in the ALP’s leadership ballot on...

Baa must go, says appeal court: 'I'll fight to the end'

By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS UPDATE: Springvale refugee Vu Ho faces a $200,000-plus legal bill after losing his Court of Appeal battle against Greater Dandenong Council to keep...

Lyndhurst, Keysborough among state electoral boundary changes

PDF download: See the new boundaries here, via The Age LYNDHURST and Keysborough are among the abolished, moved or renamed seats as part of a dramatic...

Dandenong Jordana teenager missing

A DANDENONG teenager has not been seen since her father dropped her off at Dandenong Plaza on Saturday afternoon. Jordana Lewis, 15 was dropped off at...

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Thunder respond from thrashing with comfortable win

A comfortable win over relegation contenders St Albans at home on Saturday afternoon has eased pressure on Dandenong Thunder in the National Premier League...