Dandenong
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Crime
‘Suffering no more’: Details emerge of missing teen Isla Bell’s final days alive
The Brunswick teenager was murdered last month before her body was dumped at a Dandenong tip, police believe.
- by Erin Pearson, Cassandra Morgan, Lachlan Abbott and Brittany Busch
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Life in the ’burbs
My suburb has a bad reputation, but buzzes with the energy of those making a second start
If you watched the recent Q&A filmed in my suburb, you’d think our area was little more than crime gangs, cultural ghettos and “white flight”.
- by Rhonda Garad
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Victoria Police
Dandenong dog mauling victim was attacked just days earlier, says neighbour
Jordan Garrett was spotted by neighbours running away from the Ross Street property screaming after being attacked by one of the dogs earlier this week.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola and Gemma Grant
Woman fighting for life after dog attack in Melbourne’s south-east
Police have shot dead three dogs after they mauled a woman in a Dandenong backyard.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
Victorian local elections 2024: Greater Melbourne candidates speak out
Local election candidates across Greater Melbourne have responded to The Age’s survey. Read what the candidates in your area plan to do if they are elected.
Greater Dandenong Council: What your candidates said
Voters in Greater Dandenong will choose nine people to represent them on council for the next four years. Here is what the candidates said about why they are running in the Victorian council elections and what they want to achieve.
- by Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter
Melbourne suburbs with the most distressed property sales
Financial strain has caused some Melbourne homeowners to reach a tipping point and list their home for urgent sale.
- by Alexandra Middleton
Banned by the Taliban, this festival draws thousands of Afghans in Melbourne
Afghan Australians celebrated both Nowruz, or New Year, and the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr in Dandenong on Sunday.
- by Carolyn Webb
Fears green wedges in danger of being chipped away for urban uses
A growing number of applications to build private schools and places of worship in Melbourne’s green wedges is eroding their rural character, advocates say.
- by Adam Carey
The $80 million stand-off over a level crossing no one wants removed
Dandenong South businesses are banding together to fight the removal of boom gates on an industrial street, which they claim is putting political spin before common sense.
- by Clay Lucas
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