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Police warning ahead of Cup weekend
Police are urging motorists to take extra care on Victoria’s roads and avoid travelling to flood-affected regions, as a statewide road policing effort is launched…
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Limbrick launches re-election bid
Liberal Democrat MP David Limbrick held his election launch at the Ukrainian Community Centre in Noble Park on the weekend. Mr Limbrick, is looking to…
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50 years for the Farleys
“Some of my family thought it wasn’t going to last,” said Eve Farley, nee Bonato, the daughter of Italian immigrants who settled in Dandenong in…
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‘Free’ public school push
High-quality public schools rely on more than just “bricks and mortar”, says Greens Dandenong candidate Matthew Kirwan. Mr Kirwan said the Greens’ $1.46 billion five-year…
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Pair face counterfeit cash charges
Two teens have been charged with passing counterfeit money at a Doveton convenience store. Southern Metro Youth Gang Team police arrested a 19-year-old woman and…
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Ibrahim Hassan takes on south east by storm at a young age.
Ibrahim Hassan has achieved much since kicking off a business at just 19 years of age in 2020. Within two years his business, Personalised support…
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Fourth man charged following 2019 fatal Dandenong shooting
Homicide Squad detectives have today charged a fourth South-East man following the fatal shooting of Mitat Rasimi in Dandenong in 2019. A 34-year-old Carrum Downs…
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From IVF to SOCIALSVote 1 Mum’
Weary but elated, Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams can count on extra family support in her bid for re-election. Her newly-arrived baby Ruairí, who is the…
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Pop-up food markets as food relief
The State Government has delivered much-needed food relief to some of Melbourne’s most vulnerable through suburban pop-up food markets. The pop-up markets provided a mix…
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Poverty funding ‘unsustainable’
A support service has had to dip deep into its own funds in the face of growing levels of poverty in the South East. At…
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Brush with success
Micro Business Award Big Little Brush Sponsor: Star News Group A social enterprise selling eco-friendly toothbrushes is donating half its profits towards health programs in…
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Williams signs defaced
Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams’s election signs have been targeted in repeated vandalism attacks. Images of Ms Williams’s face have been obliterated on up to nine…