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Birthday bonanza for community groups
South East community groups are invited to share in a bumper $125,000 in grants as part of a community bank’s 25th birthday celebration. Community Bank…
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Fatal motorcycle crash on Princes Freeway
Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash in Pakenham on Sunday morning 18 August. It is understood the rider crashed into a barrier on the…
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Waste-to-energy deal agreed
Nine South East councils have committed to diverting at least 95 per cent of household rubbish from landfill to a waste-to-energy incinerator in Maryvale in…
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Braving the cold for cause
Refugees from the South East have joined an encampment outside the Department of Home Affairs in Melbourne, calling on the new Minister Tony Burke for…
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Hazaras campaign for council
South East election candidates from Hazara and Afghan backgrounds have joined together on the election hustings. City of Greater Dandenong and City of Casey Council…
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New legislation targeting repeat youth offenders
Strengthening bail tests, clarifying the ability of police to apply for bail revocation for repeat offenders and creating a separate offence for committing a serious…
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Victim stabbed 5mm from his heart: police
A man has been accused of stabbing a victim five millimetres from their heart at a Berwick shopping centre on Sunday 11 August, according to…
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Childcare denied
A controversial proposal to establish a childcare centre at 1A Gori Court, Narre Warren North has been denied by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal…
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Monash Health not ‘forced’ into merger
A feared $200 million budget cut at Monash Health has been averted in a State Government health services reform announced on 8 August. Victorian hospital…
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Teen begged for help after mother’s alleged murder
A teenage girl begged neighbours for help after seeing her father allegedly hack her mother to death with an axe and kitchen knife. CCTV footage…
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Hells Angels targeted in Op Morpheus raids
Nine alleged patched members of the Hells Angels bikie gang have been arrested during raids in the South East as part of a national joint-police…
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Dandenong Sth factory destroyed by fire
A factory has been destroyed by a fierce fire on Healey Road Dandenong South in the early hours of Tuesday 13 August. At least 30…