Dandenong Star Journal

  • 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”…

  • Council reviews ‘silent’ meeting

    Council reviews ‘silent’ meeting

    Greater Dandenong Council is reviewing protocols after audio was muted for most of its live-streamed public meeting on 14 July. Councillor discussions on single-use plastics…

  • Finals chances falter after close loss for Titans

    Finals chances falter after close loss for Titans

    The double-chance hopes of Berwick Springs took a hit after the Titans were undone by South Mornington in the dying stages of their clash in…

  • Dedicated to keeping families together

    Dedicated to keeping families together

    Not all heroes wear capes, some are child protection practitioners helping to save our young children and families at critical times. Three young people in…

  • Jail for violent, mistaken-identity kidnapping

    Jail for violent, mistaken-identity kidnapping

    A 19-year-old has been jailed for his role in a group’s “terrifying” kidnapping and beating of the ‘wrong’ person. In May 2024, Mahdi Mohammadi and…

  • Bulls banished in second-quarter blackout

    Bulls banished in second-quarter blackout

    A lacklustre second quarter has dampened Noble Park’s hopes of locking away a place in this year’s Eastern Premier Division finals series; the Bulls going…

  • Thunder back to hot form after putting four past Knights

    Thunder back to hot form after putting four past Knights

    Dandenong Thunder seems to be back in blistering form after the club picked up a 4-0 smashing of Melbourne Knights in round 23 of the…

  • $25m golf war

    $25m golf war

    Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club is sueing a former developer for a $25 million ‘bonus’ over the sale of its golf course for a controversial…