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No clear answers on student suicides
A Victorian coroner has called for targeted mental-health resources for international students in the wake of an investigated suicide cluster, including a Berwick-based student in…
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Aus Post stamps LXRP disapproval
Australia Post is “considering next steps” to stop the State Government’s level-crossing closure on Progress Street, Dandenong South, claiming that the Level Crossing Removal Project…
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Premier’s reign over
Mulgrave MP of 21 years and Premier for nine, Daniel Andrews sensationally stepped away from politics with just a day’s notice last week. Described as…
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Heat on unshaded bus stops
Major concerns have been raised at a council meeting about Greater Dandenong’s heatwave preparedness. Councillor Rhonda Garad raised issues on Monday 25 September such as…
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Cook back on the Mulgrave hustings
I Cook Foods owner Ian Cook will be contesting the upcoming by-election in Daniel Andrews’s former seat, Mulgrave. In the 2022 state election, Cook stood…
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Anti-Dan send-off boils over
Outside Daniel Andrews’s Mulgrave electorate office, his detractors gathered in furious agreement. Indeed, they came to blows over him. Since the Covid lockdowns began, the…
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Monks push for visa changes
Buddhist monks are calling for migration reforms to allow them to stay in Australia on permanent visas. A council of five spiritual leaders from the…
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Tenant unleashes fists of fury
A ice addict who furiously attacked a manager and a fellow resident at a Dandenong boarding house has been jailed. Adam Jeffrey Tognolini, 47, pleaded…
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Williams on the move to PT, Consumer Affairs
Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams has been tasked with the Government’s rental reforms in Premier Jacinta Allan’s Cabinet shuffle announced today. Williams will be appointed as…
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Shortage of nurses leads to Casey child service participation drop
Casey Council’s Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Service recorded a 8.56 per cent drop in participation due to a shortage of trained MCH nurses. During…
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Trio jailed for NYE bashings
Three men have been jailed for an “appalling” attack on New Year’s Day party-goers in Cranbourne West that left one of the victims fighting for…
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Speaking up for an Aboriginal Voice
Federation University Australia Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Reconciliation Professor Andrew Gunstone has hit out at the discourse surrounding the Voice, calling the conversation “very disappointing”, asking…