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50 years ago: Havoc at Dandenong Hub

23/07/2025

To mark Dandenong Star Journal’s 160 years of publication, 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, the spotlight is on Dandenong Hub retail-office complex, which opened to great fanfare with TV…

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50 years ago: Havoc at Dandenong Hub

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Good Samaritan attacker charged

Alleged speeding crash ends on Gazette office embankment

Young man stabbed in critical condition

Suspicious fires hit abandoned Dandenong properties

Monitors costing ratepayers small fortune

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30 year celebration of Cambodian Buddhist Sangha Congress

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Three charged after Hampton Park home invasion

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Police probe early-morning assault on Clyde North man

Panda Mart faces 130 charges over alleged unsafe electrical products

Three arrested after Hampton Park aggravated home invasion

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