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Maroondah Hospital.

Labor’s hospital promises in limbo as delays continue and challenges mount

Despite nearing deadlines, promised major projects at a clutch of Victorian hospitals are still in the planning phase.

  • Kieran Rooney

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The Princes Highway in Pakenham.

One in five drug drivers: Victoria’s worst-offending region revealed

This outer Melbourne suburb is home to more drug drivers than anywhere else in Victoria after hundreds were arrested there in one year.

  • Gemma Grant and Cassandra Morgan
SES tents set up at the scene.

‘Selfless and deeply devoted’: Family honour mother’s sacrifice in tragic drowning

A Doveton mother drowned while trying to save her 6-year-old son in a Dandenong Creek on Monday afternoon.

  • Isabel McMillan and Angus Delaney
SES tents set up at the scene.

Woman and child drown in Dandenong Creek

It is believed the woman rushed to try and save the child but got into difficulty herself.

  • Isabel McMillan and Lachlan Abbott
Egg hoppers.
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Prince of Yazh

Spicy subcontinental excellence.

Assorted dishes at Afghan Hayat.
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Afghan Hayat

Robust classics in a spacious setting with a touch of luxury.

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Thomas Street is also colloquially described as ‘Afghan Bazaar’ or the ‘Afghan Precinc’.

Home Affairs sent in over Dandenong bazaar furore

A vexed issue over the name of a popular shopping strip returns to the council chamber on Monday night.

  • Rachael Dexter
Thali on a banana leaf.
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‘The flavours are alive’: Roll up your sleeves for this $30 all-you-can-eat weekend special

Sri Lankans will often tell you that food tastes better when eaten with the fingers. Dani Valent tests the theory at Prince of Yazh.

  • Dani Valent
The Ramadan night market in Dandenong Melbourne was attended by 30,000 each night.

Global soul drives Dandenong through highs and lows

A visit to a suburb so diverse that researchers call it superdiverse reveals a thriving community bonded by shared hurt – and shared hope.

  • Liam Mannix
The Afghan Islamic Centre’s Rokhan Akbar at the Afghan Bazaar on Thomas Street in Dandenong on Monday.

Tensions flare over bazaar name change, threatening to shut down council meeting

The City of Dandenong has called in police amid a volatile dispute in the Afghan community over a push to change the name of a shopping strip.

  • Chip Le Grand