Dandenong Star Journal

  • October brims with celebration

    October brims with celebration

    Well what a pleasure to be asked to present messages of hope on behalf of the interfaith network. Firstly, G’mar chatima tovah is the greeting…

  • Water-bill initiative eases flow of information

    Water-bill initiative eases flow of information

    A new Dari language video has been launched by South East Water in partnership with community organisations to tackle language barriers amongst new arrivals. Together…

  • Laundry fined $270K after fatal fall

    Laundry fined $270K after fatal fall

    A commercial laundry service in Dandenong South has been fined $270,000 after a driver died from a fall off a truck’s elevated tailgate. Ensign Services…

  • Trades apprentice forges success

    Trades apprentice forges success

    A Dandenong-trained boilermaker apprentice has forged a victory at the 2025 Empowered Women in Trades (EWIT) Gala. Ana Gamero, who trained at Chisholm Institute, was…

  • Gaps in the family-violence system

    Gaps in the family-violence system

    Wellsprings for Women is raising the alarm over growing challenges faced by migrant and refugee women experiencing family violence across the South East. Over the…

  • Vanity Lane site for sale

    Vanity Lane site for sale

    Greater Dandenong Council is set to sell-off land once earmarked for being a key pedestrian link in central Dandenong. At a 13 October meeting, councillors…

  • FWO blitz on migrant employees’ workplaces

    FWO blitz on migrant employees’ workplaces

    Authorities have targeted employers of migrant workers in a series of snap inspections in the South East. The Fair Work Ombudsman and Australian Border Force…

  • RACV names Sth East’s most-dangerous junction

    RACV names Sth East’s most-dangerous junction

    Some of Greater Dandenong’s most notorious intersections including the “mythical” Springvale Junction have been named as among the region’s most dangerous in an RACV survey.…

  • Dragons, myths brought to life

    Dragons, myths brought to life

    Heather Wilson will be one of the many talented artists across the South-East opening her studio doors next weekend as part of the Casey Council’s…

  • Shared-use path for Progress St project

    Shared-use path for Progress St project

    A new 800-metre shared-use path link is set to be built as part of the controversial Progress Street level crossing removal project. The path announced…

  • Reigning best and fairest winner among Redbacks’ recruits

    Reigning best and fairest winner among Redbacks’ recruits

    Hampton Park is not going to walk into Southern Division 1 short of star players…and the side won’t be short of belief either when next…

  • Sth East scoops manufacturing awards

    Sth East scoops manufacturing awards

    South East manufacturers have scooped this year’s Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards. Members of SEMMA (South East Melbourne Manufacturers Alliance) won six of the…