News
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Fuel spill flashpoint
By Cam Lucadou-Wells AN aviation fuel spill that gridlocked the Monash Freeway and the surrounding road network for five hours on Wednesday has ignited concerns…
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Security found in a safe place
By CASEY NEILL WELLSPRINGS for Women has been a safe place for women in need since it opened its doors in Dandenong 20 years ago.…
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Appeal for refuge support
By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS A DANDENONG-based magistrate has called for funding to boost the number family violence refuges. Pauline Spencer said the law was supported by…
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Coalition makes security promise
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD THE Coalition has pledged $2000 to the Endeavour Hills Junior Football Club for new security doors. Crime Prevention Minister Edward O’Donohue was…
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Wrongdoing denied
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS and LACHLAN MOORHEAD A FUNERAL parlour business implicated in reports about a State Ombudsman’s investigation into Casey councillors Geoff Ablett and Amanda…
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Vehicle given top priority
By BRIDGET SCOTT CFA groups in the City of Casey will benefit from a $260,000 field operations vehicle under a re-elected Napthine Government. Liberal candidate…
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Health care lifeline
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD AN INTENSIVE care unit will be built at Casey Hospital as part of a $106.3 million expansion promised by Labor if it…
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Guilty plea over fatal train crash
A TRUCK driver last week pleaded guilty to five charges over a fatal Dandenong South train crash. Melville Bollen, 72, from Narre Warren North, was…
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Voice rises for democracy
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD A CASEY resident, originally from South Sudan, has been an active participant in the state’s Democracy Ambassador program ahead of the 29…
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Grocery memories come flooding back
Jack Johnson is the author of when The Clock Strikes, a fascinating account of growing up in Dandenong, his years tending to the city’s pipes…
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Three charged ove drugs and gun haul
POLICE have charged three men with drugs and firearms offences following raids in Dandenong and Hallam. They executed search warrants in Ingrid Street, Dandenong, and…
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A kick out of helping
By LACHLAN MOORHEAD IN CARLOS’S eyes, there is no greater reward than being a volunteer. For more than two decades Doveton’s Juan Carlos Loyola has…