To mark 160 years of Dandenong Star Journal, PHILIP SALAMA-WEST is taking a then-and-now look at the people, places and events that have formed Dandenong’s modern history. This week, it’s the emotive issue of felling the area’s endemic, emblematic River Red Gums when they ‘stand…
Saving a ‘beautiful tree’

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One step closer to housing security
In an era where housing affordability is out of reach for many and homelessness is becoming increasingly visible across Melbourne’s southeast, a bold new alliance…