Conflict overshadows councillor’s Canberra trip
A Greater Dandenong councillor’s ratepayer-funded trip to Canberra to mark Serbian Statehood Day appears set to be contested by a recission motion.
Cr Lana Formoso...
Scheme expansion sees spike in homebuyers
There have been 5342 people in Melbourne’s southeast, and over 200,000 Australians who were able to purchase a home through an expanded Home Guarantee...
Landfills top the most dreaded places to live around
New market research has shown landfills are the most dreaded places for Australians to live around.
According to statistics from Compare the Market, about 30...
Mongols member charged after Mulgrave raid
A patched member of Mongols outlaw motorcycle gang has been charged over two incidents after police raids in Mulgrave and Port Melbourne.
Police say...
SEMMA attacks $10K wage ‘band-aid’
A new $10,000 wage bonus to home-building apprentices has been slammed as a “band-aid” approach by a peak manufacturing body in the South East....
Man hospitalised after suspicious fire
A man has been taken to hospital with minor injuries after a suspicious fire at a home in Frederick Street Dandenong.
Police were called...
Nine wanted in Crime Stoppers blitz
Nine wanted people mainly from Casey have been targeted in Crime Stoppers Victoria’s latest blitz.
CSV chief executive Stella Smith said information was sought...
SEMMA attacks $10K wage bonus
A new $10,000 wage bonus to home-building apprentices has been slammed as a “band-aid” approach by a peak manufacturing body in the South East....
Australia Day: A new date to unify
Recently I spoke at length with Noonuccal elder Uncle Gene Blow, one of the most insightful and connected individuals I have ever met.
Together,...
Community pillar for a decade
Afri-Aus Care has won the Community Group of the Year Australia Day Award by City of Greater Dandenong, crowning a decade of ground-breaking service.
The...
Trove of community treasures awarded
Praises have been sung for the ‘heart and soul’ of a community choir who took out the top category in the Greater Dandenong...
Humility in service
PRECEDE:
Berwick’s Geoffrey Ballantyne Davidson is a man of few words, but his actions speak louder. With a decade of community service across Melbourne east,...