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Park Hotel detention ‘inhumane’
Greater Dandenong Council will lobby for the immediate release of refugees from Australian hotel detention. It will advocate to Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews and…
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Dream rises at Caribbean Park
A stylish $75 million hotel is the latest dramatic landmark to grace Melbourne’s Eastern suburbs. The 171-room Hyatt Place Melbourne Caribbean Park, which towers next…
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Rugby Games pitch
Greater Dandenong should make a pitch for Rugby 7s matches, if as expected the Commonwealth Games comes to Victoria, says mayor Jim Memeti. The bid…
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Guns, ice and ute seized
Police detectives have allegedly seized an array of guns and ‘ice’ during a raid in Hallam. Southern Metro Regional Crime Team members say they found…
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Grave concerns for wetlands cemetery
Community groups are outraged over a secret idea to build a cemetery ‘memorial park’ on floodplains south of Dandenong Wetlands. Melbourne Water confirmed it has…
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Grass fire in Police Paddocks
Police have been called in to investigate a fast-moving grass fire in Police Paddocks Reserve in Endeavour Hills. Three FRV and five FRV crews were…
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Witness welfare probed
An inquiry has been launched into the management of witnesses’ welfare by IBAC in the wake of the sudden death of former Casey mayor Amanda…
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‘Red shirts’ re-opened
South Eastern Metropolitan MP and ex-ALP powerbroker Adem Somyurek has won a narrow vote in State Parliament for a revived investigation of the ‘red shirts’…
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Booster shots need boost
Greater Dandenong’s Covid vaccine booster rate for adults is lagging up to 20 per cent behind other parts of Melbourne. The council area has the…
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Maternity services remain
After days of silence, Monash Health has ruled out closing maternity and childrens services at Dandenong Hospital. “No maternity services have been shut down at…
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Endeavour Hills library reboot
Endeavour Hills library is set for a $90,000 make-over. The upgrade includes a more accessible entrance, modernized service desk and self-check station, a new meeting…
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Stolen car pursuit in SE
A stolen car pursued by police through the South East has allegedly rammed of two police vehicles in Melbourne’s CBD. The white 2015 BMW X6…