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.
In line with its pre-election commitments, the Labor state government appears to be moving away from building a container port at Hastings.
The $12 million project on Walker St will create about 45 jobs in the heart of Dandenong to build both the HQ and a place of worship within the Revitalising Central Dandenong area. Read on premier.vic.gov.au →
The Salvation Army will consolidate a number of ministries and services into a new centralised ‘hub’ as part of the Revitalising Central Dandenong initiative.
Dandenong’s Afghan Bazaar makeover has been applauded as an example for future council projects across Victoria and beyond.
Rates rush ruled out —
dandenong.starcommunity.com.au (4 Mar 2015)
Greater Dandenong Council has ruled out significant rate rises in 2015-2016 ahead of next year’s rate cap.
Last week, the state government repeated its election pledge to cap rate rises to the consumer price index from mid-2016.
Read on dandenong.starcommunity.com.au →
The potential development in Dandenong as part of the
"Places Victoria's Revitalising Central Dandenong"
initiative
continues to be reviewed. VEI is working with
Lend Lease Corporation Ltd and Australian Hospital
Solutions Pty Ltd
and the feasibility and commitment to this project is expected to be determined towards the end
of 2015.
Read on asx.com.au →
Seven per cent of Greater Dandenong’s residents were born in India, which is the second largest non-Australian born community in the municipality.
Dandenong's longest continuous sports club is soon to be no more.
Super fund developer Cbus Property has reaped $39. 25 million from the sale of a large chunk of the Estate One industrial park in Dandenong South.
Over the next eight years, the State Government will deliver a coordinated program to remove 50 of the worst level crossings in Melbourne, improving safety, reducing congestion and enabling more frequent train services. Read on dtpli.vic.gov.au →
Dandenong's state-of-the-art library has had a stellar first year, achieving one of the highest rates of membership in Victoria.
A new civic square in the heart of Melbourne’s second centre Dandenong offers a welcoming and intimate space to its diverse community. Read on architectureau.com →
Dandenong in south-east Melbourne is one of the most multicultural suburbs in Australia, and is home to people born in 150 different countries.
Action on level crossings is high on Gabrielle Williams’ agenda – and not a moment too soon, residents say.
A multibillion-dollar plan initiated under the Napthine government to avert a looming congestion crisis on Melbourne's busiest railway line could be adopted by Labor in a revised form. Read on theage.com.au →
