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Refugee housing needed
Long-term housing is required for about 650 airlifted Afghanistan refugees in the South East, a settlement agency says.
AMES Australia is seeking interest from property...
Stamps election rort claims
More than $10,000 of stamps were allegedly misappropriated from South East Metropolitan MP Adem Somyurek’s electorate office to help another MP’s re-election, an IBAC...
Somyurek office ‘shambolic’
A former staffer for State MP Adem Somyurek has described the electorate office in Dandenong as “shambolic” and “dysfunctional”.
Mr Somyurek’s father was paid to...
Byrne quits intelligence role
Holt MP Anthony Byrne has resigned from his long-held intelligence and security committee position in the wake of his branch-stacking testimony at IBAC.
In a...
Timber legend marks 60
From a lineage of sports champions, Jeff Harvey has scored an incredible 60 years with Hallam timber company Bowen & Pomeroy.
Mr Harvey – or...
Vax rate concerns linger
Doveton residents live in one of the lowest Covid vaccinated areas of Melbourne, according to state data.
As of 13 October, between 35-40 per cent...
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...
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Post closure sparks concern
The scheduled closure of the post office branch at Fountain Gate shopping centre on 21 June has sparked major concern from the local community.
A...
