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Boon for manufacturing industry
South East Melbourne Manufacturers Alliance’s collaborative partnership with Robotics Australia Group presents a big leap forward for manufacturing advocacy in the southeast. Honi Walker, SEMMA’s…
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School training grounds for chefs
Keysborough College, in collaboration with the Maggie Beer Foundation, had provided its food tech facilities to support the foundation’s chef training program. Earlier in October…
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Dumpling maker fined over lost fingertip
A dumpling maker has been fined $45,000 after a worker’s fingertip was amputated at a Dandenong South factory. My Crazy Auntie’s Food Pty Ltd was…
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Coroner makes water-safety plea
A state coroner has implored adults to closely watch young children around water after investigating a four-year-old’s tragic drowning at Lysterfield Lake in January 2021.…
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Accessible job concerns
Residents at Casey and Cardinia fringes have fewer accessible jobs now than about two and a half decades ago, according to urban economists. Dr Marcus…
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Pavilion fully open ‘soon’
A council pavilion, which has remained closed for 10 weeks since its launch, will be opening “soon” for the public. The $6 million WJ Crowe…
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Not just jobs, but community
An engaging employment program specifically designed for First Nations communities is tackling the barriers to finding a job. The SYC not-for-profit organisation in Dandenong designed…
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Unsafe hoon cars blitzed
A weekend multi-agency blitz has resulted in rows of clamped and impounded cars and more than $50,000 of fines in Casey and Greater Dandenong. Operation…
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Recycler fire under control
Twenty fire crews have fought for nearly two hours to bring an industrial fire under control in Dandenong South. FRV and CFA trucks were called…
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Jobs boon in all-inclusive plan
Community organisations are striving to create Melbourne’s first all-inclusive workplace facility in Dandenong. The project partnering Afri-Aus Care and Ability Works could create a $34…
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Cardinia drops in land sales, offset by Casey
The South East was the only Melbourne growth region to register rising land sales in the September quarter with Casey’s strong numbers offsetting Cardinia’s 12…
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Charity’s clean new start in Dandenong
An award-winning soap recycling charity is making a clean start at a new factory in Dandenong. On 3 November, Soap Aid opened its Cheltenham Road…
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