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Police searching for man wanted for stalking offences
38-year-old Damian Jones on warrant by police for stalking offences. Mr Jones is known to frequent Croydon, Boronia and Ferntree Gully. He is Caucasian in…
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Streeton Ward by-election voting closed
Voting for the Streeton Ward by-election closed at 6pm on Friday 18 February. One of Andrew Fullagar, Wil Mikelsons, David Hill, Gavin Wooten, Doug MacDonald…
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Ferntree Gully man is custody after alleged bikie-bashing
A 30-year-old Ferntree Gully resident and alleged Hell’s Angels Leader faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday 17 February on charges of intentionally causing serious injury,…
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Streeton Ward by-election voting closing soon
Voting for the Streeton Ward by-election closes at 6pm on Friday 18 February. Completed ballot material must be posted before final local mail clearance time…
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State Government Act that outlaws conversion practices in effect
As of 17 February 2022, the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021 passed by the Victorian government comes into effect, criminalising any practices…
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QR codes, density and dancefloor limits to be scratched
QR codes, density limits and restrictions on indoor dancefloors across the Dandenong Ranges will be scratched from 6pm tomorrow as part of new pandemic orders…
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Ash Wednesday 1983
On 16 February 1983, at 3.24pm, a bushfire started on Birds Land near Mount Morton Road at Belgrave Heights. The temperature at 2 pm was…
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CovidSafe measures to continue in schools
Schools in the Dandenong Ranges will soon receive more rapid tests with CovidSafe measures in schools and early childhood settings to continue until the end…
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Lysterfield man missing
A family is pleading for information on the whereabouts of their 19 year old son Samuel, who has gone missing following a planned camping trip.…
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Discovery of second hatching of ducks at Knox Lake
The discovery of another hatching of the vulnerable blue-billed duck at a site earmarked for development has sparked further calls to protect a naturalised man-made…
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Vic Government announce multi-stage process to decriminalise sex work
The Victorian Government announced that sex work will be decriminalised over the next two years as part of the Sex Work Decriminalisation Act 2022 to…
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Council funding for knox volunteer organisations
Knox City Council will award $750,000 dollars a year to local not-for-profit organisations to provide welfare, wellbeing and volunteer support to the community, for a…