Dandenong CFA spends $14.7m on expansion
By DANIEL TRAN: dtran@mmpgroup.com.au
DANDENONG Country Fire Authority aims to be fully prepared for serious bushfire threats, having begun construction of a state-of-the-art emergency management...
Greater Dandenong council cops a scolding
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS: clucadou-wells@mmpgroup.com.au
THE back-flipping bureaucractic bungle over a pensioner’s shopping has grown to comic proportions with an apparent failure by council staff to...
Dandenong CCTV cameras win praise
By DANIEL TRAN: dtran@mmpgroup.com.au
POLICE are praising new security cameras installed in one of Dandenong’s busiest precincts as a deterrent against criminals and vandals.
Commander Tracy...
Muddling swindler fined $10,000
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS: clucadou-wells@mmpgroup.com.au
A NOBLE Park North man – described as “more of a muddler than an arch-fraud” – has been ordered to compensate...
Dandenong North driver found asleep with drugs in car, court told
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
A FORMER private investigator was allegedly caught by police with 52 grams of methamphetamine, an “ice” pipe and more than $2000 cash in...
Sacked: Dandenong South workers claim discrimination makes them sick
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS: clucadou-wells@mmpgroup.com.au
TWO cancer patients claim they have been dismissed rather than eased back into work at their Dandenong South workplace.
Stephen Bonner and...
VWFL: Super-boot Michelle the best by far
By Daniel Paproth: dpaproth@mmpgroup.com.au
THERE are almost a million people playing football across the country. Last week, Michelle Densley kicked more goals in one game...
TAC Cup: Dandenong Stingrays take steps against violence
By EWEN McRAE: emcrae@mmpgroup.com.au
DANDENONG Stingrays last week took part in a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of street violence, a cause players support passionately.
The...
Sports wrap around Greater Dandenong
SCOREBOARD
FOOTBALL
SOUTHERN FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Division 1
ST PAULS 12.5 12.5 15.6 16.16 (112)
HEATHER TON 3.3 3.3 6.3 7.5 (47)
Goals: St Pauls : B Hayes 5 L James...
Car slams into Dandenong North house
A CAR slammed into a house in Dandenong North early this morning.
Police say the driver clipped a parked car before crashing into the house...
Dandenong drug bust as bad driving leads police to haul
By JARED LYNCH, The Age
A MAN caught driving erratically has led police to uncover a haul of cash and drugs.
The 29-year-old man from Lynbrook was nabbed after...
Armed robbery foiled in Dandenong
By DANIEL TRAN
A WOULD-BE thief was chased down Thomas Street in Dandenong after an armed robbery was foiled by a patron.
About 9pm on Thursday,...
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Williams, Shing in State Cabinet reshuffle
South East MPs Gabrielle Williams and Harriet Shing have new responsibilities under a State Cabinet reshuffle brought about by the resignation of Treasurer Tim...
