Endeavour Hills Hallam Doveton Star Journal
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Care for carers wins funding
A South East respite program for multicultural women who are carers has secured State funding. The Wellsprings for Women program annually helps 54 unpaid carers…
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Two teens charged after three-day crime spree
The two Dandenong teenagers arrested yesterday in Pakenham have been charged after their alleged involvement in a three-day crime spree. North West Metro Regional Crime…
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Eastlink operator fails to curb sky-sign
Eastlink’s operator Connect East and Greater Dandenong Council have failed in a bid to scuttle a proposed advertising sign near the tollway in Keysborough. Media…
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Springvale syringe machine reduces harm: VADA
The peak body of Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) services in Victoria has countered the “false assumptions” opposing a 24/7 syringe vending machine in central…
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Metro Tunnel works to disrupt trains over the next week
Cranbourne and Pakenham lines will be disrupted over the next week, as construction and trial operations continue within the Metro Tunnel. Buses will replace metropolitan…
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When global conflict causes local turbulence
In our first column we wrote about youth crime and the cracks forming in Australia’s social fabric. We return to those cracks – but this…
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New name proposed for Keysborough hub
Keysborough or Keysborough South? The debate has near-equally divided a public survey over the naming of Greater Dandenong’s newest $29.5 million community hub in Villiers…
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Screwing down on number-plate thefts
Drivers lined up in droves at Neighbourhood Watch Casey’s Safe Plate Day at Marriott Waters Shopping Centre in Lyndhurst on 14 June, a community-led initiative…
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Man faces court for ‘serious’ threats to prime minister
A man accused of threatening to cause “serious harm” to Australia’s prime minister and making a “menacing” social media post about him has faced court.…
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Crime up 15% – thefts from cars, shops surge
Greater Dandenong’s official crime rate has soared by 15 per cent in the past year, with Victoria Police stating it will take time to turn…
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MPs dunked for good cause
Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams raised $2,800 to fundraise for FightMND as she took the plunge into icy water at Parliament House on Monday 16 April.…
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Rider killed after motorcycle group crashes on Sth Gippsland Fwy
A motorcyclist has died and another seriously injured in a four-motorbike crash on South Gippsland Freeway in Dandenong South. Emergency services were called to the…
