‘Suffering no more’:Details emerge of missing teen Isla Bell’s final days alive
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‘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.

  • byErin Pearson,Cassandra Morgan,Lachlan Abbott andBrittany Busch

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My suburb has a bad reputation,but buzzes with the energy of those making a second start

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”.

  • byRhonda Garad
Dandenong dog mauling victim was attacked just days earlier,says neighbour
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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.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andGemma Grant
Woman fighting for life after dog attack in Melbourne’s south-east

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.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Victorian local elections 2024:Greater Melbourne candidates speak out

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.

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Greater Dandenong Council:What your candidates said

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.

  • byCara Waters andRachael Dexter
Melbourne suburbs with the most distressed property sales

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.

  • byAlexandra Middleton
Banned by the Taliban,this festival draws thousands of Afghans in Melbourne

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.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Fears green wedges in danger of being chipped away for urban uses

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.

  • byAdam Carey
The $80 million stand-off over a level crossing no one wants removed

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.

  • byClay Lucas