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Progress project ‘non-negotiable’
Greater Dandenong Council has been seemingly sidelined on the Progress Street level-crossing controversy despite a recent meeting with the State Government and LXRP. On the…
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Jail for dozen-burglary spree
A serial burglar who smashed and grabbed from an array of businesses, cars and a home across Dandenong and Noble Park has been jailed. Sajad…
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Disadvantage rise
Casey Council has welcomed a 22 per cent jump in population driven by migration between 2016 and 2021, while the Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage index score…
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Onus on cat owners
Casey Council has urged residents to take responsibility for feral and semi-owned cats and to stop feeding strays. Casey Council connected communities manager Callum Pattie…
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Beaumaris inquiry expands to six new schools
Six additional schools and two further alleged perpetrators have been identified as part of an investigation into historical child sexual abuse at Victorian government schools.…
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Remembering an Endeavour Hills icon
The Endeavour Hills community has mourned the loss of one of its most colourful characters – Paul O’Brien. Often seen leaned up against his old…
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No clear answers on student suicides
A Victorian coroner has called for targeted mental-health resources for international students in the wake of an investigated suicide cluster, including a Berwick-based student in…
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Aus Post stamps LXRP disapproval
Australia Post is “considering next steps” to stop the State Government’s level-crossing closure on Progress Street, Dandenong South, claiming that the Level Crossing Removal Project…
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Premier’s reign over
Mulgrave MP of 21 years and Premier for nine, Daniel Andrews sensationally stepped away from politics with just a day’s notice last week. Described as…
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Heat on unshaded bus stops
Major concerns have been raised at a council meeting about Greater Dandenong’s heatwave preparedness. Councillor Rhonda Garad raised issues on Monday 25 September such as…
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Cook back on the Mulgrave hustings
I Cook Foods owner Ian Cook will be contesting the upcoming by-election in Daniel Andrews’s former seat, Mulgrave. In the 2022 state election, Cook stood…
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Anti-Dan send-off boils over
Outside Daniel Andrews’s Mulgrave electorate office, his detractors gathered in furious agreement. Indeed, they came to blows over him. Since the Covid lockdowns began, the…
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