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Aluminium firm fined after serious injury
A Dandenong South supplier has been fined $30,000 after a crane operator was seriously injured two years ago. The 19-year-old victim was using a bridge…
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Aggravated burglaries surge
Victoria Police are noticing a sharp increase in aggravated burglaries in the past few years throughout the state with Cardinia feeling the effects. This has…
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Squathouse gets a spruice-up
A residential eyesore in Sheales Street Dandenong has had a long-awaited clean-up. As reported last week, the formerly attractive home with topiary garden had become…
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Waste-to-energy deal agreed
Nine South East councils have committed to diverting at least 95 per cent of household rubbish from landfill to a waste-to-energy incinerator in Maryvale in…
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Council’s SESH ‘support’ up for debate
A potentially “unauthorised” use of Greater Dandenong Council’s logo and a past mayor’s letter in support of the controversial South East Sporting Hub (SESH) has…
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Golf club pitches against Garad
In a sign of an escalating conflict, a South East Sports Hub (SESH) proponent has lodged a code-of-conduct complaint against a Greater Dandenong councillor. Developer…
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Pumper failure at gym fire
United Firefighters Union has criticised the breakdown of a fire truck as crews extinguished a blaze at a gym in Noble Park North. The Dandenong…
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Dix’s visit a thrilling and welcome experience
The combined Probus South Pacific in Berwick was graced by a lecture from Arnold Dix on Tuesday 6 August where he spoke to the roughly…
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Rescue bid for historic chapel
A church community from western Melbourne is hoping to rescue a historic but decaying landmark on Chapel Road, Keysborough. The Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga,…
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Childcare denied
A controversial proposal to establish a childcare centre at 1A Gori Court, Narre Warren North has been denied by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal…
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Sandown hearings start Monday
A marathon month of hearings into the controversial redevelopment of Sandown Racecourse is set to start on Monday 19 August. The Sandown Racecourse Advisory Committee…
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Revised election policy dumped
Greater Dandenong Council’s attempt to further crack down on council resources being potentially used by incumbent councillors in their election campaigns has been voted down.…