Dandenong Star Journal

  • Entries close soon

    Entries close soon

    Time is running out to win the journey of a lifetime! Entries close at noon on Thursday, 14 August, so don’t miss your chance to…

  • Refuse to let despair have the final word

    Refuse to let despair have the final word

    In Judaism, hope is not simply a fleeting emotion or a gentle wish for better times. Rather, it is something far deeper: a discipline of…

  • Warrant for missing registered sex offender

    Warrant for missing registered sex offender

    Victoria Police have published an image of missing registered sex offender Adil Ghebrat wanted over an alleged assault on Tuesday 29 July. Police attended a…

  • VicRoads on the move from Dandenong

    VicRoads on the move from Dandenong

    VicRoads is planning to relocate its Dandenong South customer service centre to Pakenham as soon as next year. The Dandenong South outlet provides counter services,…

  • Satisfaction soars, crime fears prevail

    Satisfaction soars, crime fears prevail

    Greater Dandenong Council is tops in Melbourne for customer satisfaction, according to a recent survey. But crime, perceived safety and policing remain a key concern.…

  • Homelessness can ‘happen to anyone’

    Homelessness can ‘happen to anyone’

    Brian Power was among five others who spoke to the hundred-strong crowd at the launch of the Southeast Homelessness and Housing Alliance on Thursday, 31…

  • Alliance to tackle Sth East homelessness

    Alliance to tackle Sth East homelessness

    A step in the right direction to tackling hidden homelessness in the southeast has been made as the Southeast Homelessness and Housing Alliance officially launched…

  • Aussie-only steel for new Dandenong aquatic centre

    Aussie-only steel for new Dandenong aquatic centre

    Imported steel has been expressly barred from the $122 million Dandenong Wellbeing Centre project. This year, ADCO Constructions was controversially appointed by Greater Dandenong Council…

  • Mayors decline US-based antisemitism forum

    Mayors decline US-based antisemitism forum

    Greater Dandenong and Casey councillors have turned down invitations to attend an Australian Mayors Summit Against Anti-Semitism to be held on the Gold Coast. The…

  • Pest-controller jailed for black-market gun role

    Pest-controller jailed for black-market gun role

    A former pest-controller has been jailed for possessing three stolen guns and for slashing an associate’s head with a machete in Mulgrave. Timothy Paul, 35,…

  • Greater Dandenong Crs absent from levy fight

    Greater Dandenong Crs absent from levy fight

    Greater Dandenong councillors have not taken part in a recent meeting of councillors across Victoria against the state government’s controversial new Emergency Services and Volunteers…

  • Decorated cop convicted of strangling wife

    Decorated cop convicted of strangling wife

    A former Victoria Police senior sergeant based in the South East has been convicted for strangling his wife in an “disgraceful, grossly disrespectful and humiliating”…