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WEBMeet the Greater Dandenong Council candidates – Cleeland Ward. 27/09/2024. CLEELAND WARD Suburbs: parts of Dandenong, Dandenong West and Dandenong North Sitting councillor: Angela Long (Australian Labor Party), 1997-2005 and 2008-present Other candidates: Rhonda Garad (Greens), Zahra...
Dandy Hub ‘still alive’ - Dandenong Star Journal
WEBAug 29, 2024 — After being nearly shelved, the proposed Dandenong Community Hub has been given a reprieve. To the applause of supporters in the public gallery on 26 August, Greater Dandenong councillors voted to maintain the $1.7 million budget for the hub’s concept and detailed design in 2024-’25. “It’s full steam ahead,” a jubilant Dandenong ...
Plan to kick-start Dandenong | Dandenong Star Journal
WEB02/09/2024. Melbourne City Mission has proposed an affordable housing project at this vacant site in Abbott Street Dandenong. (Gary Sissons: 425429). by Cam Lucadou-Wells. More affordable housing and free public transport in central Dandenong are among the ideas for a thriving future Greater Dandenong. In a submission to the state’s Plan for ...
Hub delayed by market plan | Dandenong Star Journal
WEBJul 28, 2024 — The long-awaited Dandenong Community Hub may now “hinge” on a Dandenong Market Precinct Master Plan, with its concept design delayed until 2025. The latest update on the DCH was the latest disappointment for its supporters at a Greater Dandenong Council meeting on 22 July. According to a council report, an issue had arisen over the 300 car ...
Dandenong's game-changing revitalisation - Dandenong Star …
WEB21/12/2020. The project has the support of Greater Dandenong Council. The next stage of the Revitalising Central Dandenong project is set to transform the city into a vibrant retail, commercial and residential hub, creating thousands of local jobs in the process. The development agreement has now been signed for this next stage, with Transport ...
Dandenong No.1 for homelessness | Dandenong Star Journal
WEBMar 24, 2023 — Greater Dandenong has again topped the state for levels of homelessness, up 22 per cent in five years, according to the latest Census data. It has sparked further urgent calls for more stocks of social and affordable housing, as cost of living and rental shocks bite. In 2021, there were 2366 experiencing homelessness in Greater Dandenong ...
State Budget: What’s coming for Greater Dandenong
WEBThe 2024-25 budget saw $116 million for six new Tech Schools including one in Dandenong and Frankston. It also includes $10 million for a Clean Energy Equipment Fund. Brimbank, Wangaratta, Warrnambool and Hume have also been added to the list for the new tech schools. with an estimated expenditure of $84.3 million – including more than $35 ...
‘Working homeless’ crisis escalates | Dandenong Star Journal
WEBApr 26, 2024 — In a dire warning on the housing crisis, Greater Dandenong is in the state top 5 for growing numbers of the ‘working homeless’. In 2022-23, there were 452 homeless clients who were employed – up 38 per cent from the year before, a Council to Homeless Persons new report stated. Of them, the vast majority – 271 – were women (60 per cent).
Station fix in train | Dandenong Star Journal
WEB02/07/2021. Gabrielle Williams looks to improve the much-maligned design of Dandenong Station. By Cam Lucadou-Wells. The first steps have been taken to overhaul the so-called “worst” railway station in Melbourne. Dandenong state MP Gabrielle Williams announced $200,000 towards investigating ways to improve safety and accessibility at ...