Dandenong Journal

22/12/2025

Dozens of Dandenong Market stallholders are petitioning against a seven per cent rental spike and for better working conditions as they tackle economic pressures.

Dozens of Dandenong Market stallholders are petitioning against a seven per cent rental spike and for better working conditions as they tackle economic pressures. About 70 traders from the market's Bazaar section have signed the petition demanding market management to immediately freeze the increase...

21/12/2025

At just 26, Hallam runner Ejaz Ahmed completed the Great Southern Endurance Run (GSER) 100-mile (162 kilometres) ultramarathon for the very first time, finishing seventh in the male category and earning respect across the state and the community.

At just 26, Hallam runner Ejaz Ahmed completed the Great Southern Endurance Run (GSER) 100-mile (162 kilometres) ultramarathon for the very first time, finishing seventh in the male category and earning respect across the state and the community. At 160 kilometres, he started to sprint. “I was try...

19/12/2025

A woman who fled from her care home, stole a cleaver from a shopping strip and deeply slashed a woman’s arm has been denied bail.

A woman who fled from her care home, stole a cleaver from a shopping strip and deeply slashed a woman’s arm has been denied bail. The woman appeared on a prison video-link at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on 10 December on charges including intentionally causing injury, recklessly causing injury,...

18/12/2025

More than 120 newly arrived migrant and refugee mums and children from Melbourne’s South East recently took part in Water Safety Day at the Black Rock Life Saving Club.

More than 120 newly arrived migrant and refugee mums and children from Melbourne’s South East recently took part in Water Safety Day at the Black Rock Life Saving Club. Facilitated by refugee and migrant settlement agency AMES Australia and Community Hubs Australia, the event aimed to teach famili...

17/12/2025

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17/12/2025

The Victorian Afghan Associations Network successfully celebrated great female talents and role models in the Hazara and Afghan communities.

The Victorian Afghan Associations Network successfully celebrated great female talents and role models in the Hazara and Afghan communities. Eight females were chosen to be celebrated from a competitive selection pool of 75 nominations ranging from a flight instructor, a Taekwondo champion and medic...

16/12/2025

by Roz Blades OAM, former Greater Dandenong mayor and councillor
I have to confess to being in a state of unreality about the Bondi attack.

I have to confess to being in a state of unreality about the Bondi attack. I have been heartened by the many individual messages from members of the interfaith network and many others in the community. As you all probably know I am a British born Jew, which meant growing up with anti Semitism at [.....

16/12/2025

Social cohesion workshop registrations are open for residents in the South East.

Social cohesion workshop registrations are open for residents in the South East. It comes after various Afghan-Australian and Hazara communities clashed over a proposed renaming of the precinct to Little Bamiyan earlier this year. As part of a two-part consultation, there will be a series of communi...

16/12/2025

Local organisations in Greater Dandenong and across the nation have called for unity following the violent Bondi beach mass shooting.

Local organisations in Greater Dandenong and across the nation have called for unity following the violent Bondi beach mass shooting. The Australian Hazara communities have released a collective statement against the shooting, its signatories including Rasul Akram mosque in Dandenong, Kausar Communi...

15/12/2025

Greater Dandenong’s mayor has called for “prayer and solidarity” after the terrorist shooting attack at Bondi Beach, Sydney on 14 December.

Greater Dandenong’s mayor has called for “prayer and solidarity” after the terrorist shooting attack at Bondi Beach, Sydney on 14 December. Two alleged gunmen opened fire on a Jewish celebration of the first day of Chanukah, killing 15 people and injuring dozens more. In a statement, a “deva...

09/12/2025

A public-private partnership may be explored to co-fund a scaled-down Dandenong Community Hub project.

A public-private partnership may be explored to co-fund a scaled-down Dandenong Community Hub project. Greater Dandenong councillors voted on 8 December to halve the "oversized” proposed facility to keep it within its $30 million budget, as well as a possible PPP including "any air rights" above t...

09/12/2025

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