The Andrews Labor Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the rail manufacturing industry, with the Rail Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) officially opening its doors in Dandenong today. Read on premier.vic.gov.au →
Greater Dandenong needs to lock in and share a strong vision for the years ahead, according to Mayor Sean O’Reilly.
Claiming to be the “best football centre in the world” five-a-side football centre operator Soccer5s has opened its second Australian centre in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong. Read on ausleisure.com.au →
Public meetings will help decide whether Dandenong’s Little India will retain its title as Melbourne’s eminent Indian cultural precinct.
The Victorian Government has released a discussion paper, Better Apartments, to kick-start a citywide conversation with the community and industry to shape apartment design guidelines.
2 Walker Street —
Regarding Dandenong: Places (24 Jun 2015)
There appears to be activity on the Quest development site, as you may or (more likely) may not be able to see from this picture.
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Regarding Dandenong: Places (24 Jun 2015)
View of the civic centre from the Drum theatre.
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Regarding Dandenong: Places (24 Jun 2015)
In person
The Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Robin Scott, is inviting interested organisations and individuals to attend public meetings to discuss the possible location and ideas for the precinct. Read on premier.vic.gov.au →
An off-shore developer has paid $4. 6 million for a prime development site in Melbourne's key south-eastern commercial centre of Dandenong with plans for a circa $20 million residential project.
Read on 4-traders.com →
Subsequent to an early 2015 announcement that The Glen would be subject to a considerable expansion, further plans have been submitted for the sprawling Glen Waverley retail hub. Read on urban.melbourne →
The Port of Melbourne will be leased to private interests for 50 years to raise billions of dollars to fund transport projects, under legislation before the Victorian Parliament. Read on abc.net.au →
The business end of getting the Dandenong corridor grade separation project moving is nigh, with the month of June set to see the Government receive expressions of interest from interested parties to undertake the work. Read on urban.melbourne →
Member for Clarinda, Hong Lim, has welcomed the release of the Expression of Interest for the Caulfield to Dandenong package of level crossing removals today.
Greater Dandenong’s schools – with one major exception – have benefited from what State Treasurer Tim Pallas has labelled “the biggest education budget in Victoria’s history”, in Tuesday’s State Budget. Read on dandenong.starcommunity.com.au →
Highly anticipated State Budget leaves schools and councils hoping for big building upgrades, roadworks and other sought after projects. Read on heraldsun.com.au →
The Victorian government has announced a plan to slug foreign property investors tens of thousands of dollars in fees, rather than protect one of the key drivers of the state's economy - housing construction. Read on news.domain.com.au →
So this site has changed hands again.
Mulgrave in Melbourne's South East is experiencing somewhat of a commercial office space surge with a handful of projects currently under construction.
An abandoned “ghost” station in Dandenong South, unused for more than 20 years and riddled with graffiti, is unlikely to be demolished or refurbished any time soon. Read on heraldsun.com.au →
Dandenong flexed its considerable manufacturing muscle on Friday when local industry filled the suburb's city square with an assortment of locally built trains, trams and heavy vehicles. Read on theage.com.au →
Minister for Education, James Merlino, today officially opened the latest stage of the Dandenong High School redevelopment. Read on premier.vic.gov.au →
The proposed $9-11 billion Melbourne Metro project will be built underneath Swanston Street - despite warnings from the previous Napthine government it would divide Melbourne's CBD for years. Read on theage.com.au →
Mr Bobakraad is among hundreds of asylum seekers living in Greater Dandenong and previously unable to work that is beginning to re-enter the workforce thanks to the lifting of a freeze on visa renewals with work rights. Read on heraldsun.com.au →
About central Dandenong's predominant growth corridor, sees the introduction of this striking development project, designed with affordability in mind at the retail end & council favoured, the project profile is as follows Read on domain.com.au →
Guest writer Grant Wyeth says the priority for governments should be to connect major activity centres in the middle ring and outer suburbs with orbital rail lines Read on blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist →
Last year the Coalition announced they were going ahead with an unsolicited proposal: to upgrade the Dandenong line.
Read on danielbowen.com →
In a series of media releases, Spring Street has announced it has dumped the previous Coalition government's Dandenong corridor project - which was originally pitched to them by a private consortium - and have announced their own. Read on urban.melbourne →
The Andrews Labor Government will transform Melbourne’s busiest train line, removing every level crossing between Caulfield and Dandenong and purchasing 37 new high capacity trains to run more services. Read on premier.vic.gov.au →
The announcement that the Andrews government has killed its predecessor's proposed fix for chronic overcrowding on the Cranbourne-Pakenham rail lines is mostly good news for commuters.
The slow rhythmic moves of Tai Chi simultaneously stepped out in Fed Square and Dandenong Civic Square while streaming in real time on both urban screens at both locations. Read on fedsquare.com →
Library comes to life —
dandenong.starcommunity.com.au (30 Mar 2015)
Cake, balloons, storytelling and magic marked Dandenong Library’s first birthday on Saturday 21 March.
