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High-rise residential towers will be encouraged in new activity centres for Springvale, Noble Park, Yarraman and Dandenong stations, the Premier and the Minister for Planning…

More than 50 allegedly impaired drivers were caught in a police blitz on Monash Freeway last weekend. Police also impounded eight vehicles, issued 18 infringement…

A man and a woman have been charged with allegedly kidnapping a ride-share driver at knifepoint last month. The driver had stopped on Mornington-Tyabb Road,…

A controversial potential contractor to build Greater Dandenong Council’s $100-million-plus aquatic centre was recommended as the “best value” bid. On 24 February, councillors had voted…

Southeast man Lionel Albert was sentenced to a strict community corrections order after serving 27 months in custody. Albert, 41-year-old, was charged and pled guilty…

As Victoria’s unemployment rate rose to 4.1 per cent in January, a local support service has seen a 20 per cent spike in people requiring…

A collection of Siege of Tobruk war medals will have pride-of-place at Dandenong-Cranbourne RSL. The RSL sub-branch’s committee members had a commemoration ceremony with the…

A manufacturers group has offered to help find jobs for retrenched Oceania Glass workers at an event this Tuesday (4 March). South East Melbourne Manufacturers…

Greater Dandenong mayor Jim Memeti’s meeting to restore “peace and calm” over the push to rename Afghan Bazaar has created new tensions. The Friday 21…

A 23-year-old man was charged after police allegedly seized a trafficable quantity of illicit drugs and vapes as well as $70,000 cash at a Dandenong…

A union claims that Oceania Glass’s administrators “blindsided” workers with the announced closure of the company’s manufacturing plant in Dandenong South. On 27 February, administrators…

A pre-federal election funding boost is set to ensure a long-awaited pedestrian crossing at a Stud Road blackspot within 12 months. Weeks ahead of the…