Dandenong Star Journal

  • Council tracks its own customer requests

    Council tracks its own customer requests

    Greater Dandenong Council’s responses to customer service requests are being reported in a new digital dashboard. It covers five types of service requests, with dumped…

  • Payne welcomes child-abuse liability reform

    Payne welcomes child-abuse liability reform

    Legalise Cannabis MP Rachel Payne has welcomed the State Government’s intent to hold churches vicariously liable for child sexual abuse committed by their clergy. It…

  • 60 years of service celebrated

    60 years of service celebrated

    Rotary Club of Noble Park-Dingley marked its 60th birthday in style last month. More than 70 Rotarians and friends lunched at Dingley Hotel on Sunday…

  • Coomoora townhouses completed

    Coomoora townhouses completed

    Forty-seven townhouses have been completed at Development Victoria’s Coomoora estate in Springvale South, the State Government has announced. Development Victoria and Precincts Minister Harriet Shing…

  • Tales of resilience in worldy memoir

    Tales of resilience in worldy memoir

    Crossing four continents, Peter Jerijian’s expansive memoir was launched with scores of admirers in Springvale last month. Bouncing Back: Tales from a Passionately Lived Life…

  • Trio jailed for ‘abhorrent’ park attacks

    Trio jailed for ‘abhorrent’ park attacks

    Three “misguided” vigilantes have been locked up after they lured, filmed and bashed gay men in Berwick parklands. Mahdi Nowruzi, Abdullah Bloch and Albin Idrizi,…

  • Thunder in third after draw with second-placed Avengers

    Thunder in third after draw with second-placed Avengers

    Dandenong Thunder had to settle and share the points after drawing 1-1 with Avondale in round 20 of the NPL. Dandenong was away in the…

  • City all square with United

    City all square with United

    A huge result for Dandenong City saw the club draw 2-2 with first-placed Heidelberg United in round 20 of the NPL. Dandenong also achieved this…

  • Richardson return makes all the difference

    Richardson return makes all the difference

    There is no doubt that Narre Warren has desperately missed Jake Richardson’s services in the recent narrow losses against St Paul’s McKinnon (15 points) and…

  • Plea for Sth East’s 1200 asylum seekers

    Plea for Sth East’s 1200 asylum seekers

    More than 1200 asylum seekers remain in limbo in the Greater Dandenong-Casey-Cardinia region, an advocate has told a Refugee Week event. In recent years, the…

  • Council budget: Little aths’ demolition ‘off the table’

    Council budget: Little aths’ demolition ‘off the table’

    Greater Dandenong Council is set to divert $241,000 into boosting a once-doomed little athletics centre in Dandenong and other sports facilities. At one stage, the…

  • Travel times slashed on Suburban Rail Loop: report

    Travel times slashed on Suburban Rail Loop: report

    The Suburban Rail Loop will cut travel times by up to 30 minutes for South East commuters, according to modelling released by the State Government.…