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Son hired for MP’s ’debt’
Factional heavyweight and MP Adem Somyurek allegedly requested for his son to be employed at an electorate office, with the MP pocketing his son’s...
Byrne’s branch-stacking ‘wrong’
Holt federal MP Anthony Byrne has admitted to ALP branch-stacking, including holding a ‘kitty’ for membership funds in his own electorate office.
He paid for...
Councils to seek new service model for libraries
The City of Casey and Cardinia Shire have made a joint decision to change the service model of their libraries, which will see the...
Somyurek ’lobbied’ mayoral vote
The then-Local Government Minister Adem Somyurek allegedly lobbied councillors and ‘did in’ a candidate at a Greater Dandenong Council mayoral election, an IBAC inquiry...
Donnellan quits after IBAC claims
Narre Warren North MP Luke Donnellan has sensationally quit the State Government’s Cabinet after being named by his former boss at an IBAC inquiry...
Covid-19: Pfizer boosted, active cases soar
Pfizer vaccines have been re-introduced to the Palm Plaza pop-up clinic as active Covid cases continue to steeply rise in Greater Dandenong and Casey.
Vaccine...
Covid-19 – vax rates lag in Dandenong, Doveton
Large pockets of the Dandenong and Doveton postcodes are unvaccinated against Covid but the tide may be turning, new official statistics show.
The South East...
Covid strikes disability home
A Covid outbreak has infected residents and staff at a Doveton disability care home.
Four residents and six staff at the ermha365 residence in Paperbark...
Journey’s problem shared
In 2020, Star News Group journalist DANIELLE KUTCHEL received funding from the Melbourne Press Club’s Michael Gordon Fellowship to explore mental health in asylum...
Construction to reopen, Covid-safe
Restrictions on the Victorian construction industry will ease from 11.59pm on Monday 4 October, with a Construction Sector Roadmap setting a way forward for...
Vaccinations required for authorised workers
The State Government has announced mandatory vaccinations for authorised workers.
The announcement was made on Friday 1 October, as ongoing supply of the vaccines was...
Moderna blitz this weekend
A Moderna walk-in vaccination blitz will be staged in the South East during the weekend in response to soaring Covid case numbers.
Monash Health’s south...
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Winners all-round at Oyiti Cup
Everyone was a winner at the second annual Oyiti Foundation Cup in Dandenong on 12-13 April.
That’s how Oyiti Foundation for Multicultural Youth head Nyibil...
