News
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Laundry fined $270K after fatal fallA commercial laundry service in Dandenong South has been fined $270,000 after a driver died from a fall off a truck’s elevated tailgate. Ensign Services… 
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Trades apprentice forges successA Dandenong-trained boilermaker apprentice has forged a victory at the 2025 Empowered Women in Trades (EWIT) Gala. Ana Gamero, who trained at Chisholm Institute, was… 
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Casey Council launches festival initiativeWith Christmas just around the corner, the City of Casey is inviting local businesses to be part of a festive initiative designed to connect them… 
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Gaps in the family-violence systemWellsprings for Women is raising the alarm over growing challenges faced by migrant and refugee women experiencing family violence across the South East. Over the… 
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Vanity Lane site for saleGreater Dandenong Council is set to sell-off land once earmarked for being a key pedestrian link in central Dandenong. At a 13 October meeting, councillors… 
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FWO blitz on migrant employees’ workplacesAuthorities have targeted employers of migrant workers in a series of snap inspections in the South East. The Fair Work Ombudsman and Australian Border Force… 
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RACV names Sth East’s most-dangerous junctionSome of Greater Dandenong’s most notorious intersections including the “mythical” Springvale Junction have been named as among the region’s most dangerous in an RACV survey.… 
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Pakenham runner relays hopePakenham’s long-time runner Michael Soutter is lacing up once again for the Relay for Life at Casey Fields later this month, with a deeper purpose… 
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Housing crisis growsThe Council to Homeless Persons has launched a new Walk in Her Shoes campaign at Bunjil Place Library, to highlight the rising numbers of women… 
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Trafficker arrested outside Drug CourtA judge described it as “breathtaking” that a trafficker arrived at a Dandenong Drug Court appointment in a dubiously-obtained Landcruiser laden with meth and cash.… 
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Shared-use path for Progress St projectA new 800-metre shared-use path link is set to be built as part of the controversial Progress Street level crossing removal project. The path announced… 
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Sth East scoops manufacturing awardsSouth East manufacturers have scooped this year’s Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards. Members of SEMMA (South East Melbourne Manufacturers Alliance) won six of the… 
 












