By Cam Lucadou-Wells
Neighbours were described as “ecstatic” after the state’s planning tribunal quashed a proposal for 16 multi-storey dwellings in a Dandenong North alcove.
The “bulky” 15 triple-storey dwellings and a double-storey home at 11 Cardinia Close would have detracted from the neighbourhood’s character, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal found on 21 December.
“An evident and significant departure from the existing and identified future character is the three-storey nature of the dwellings,” VCAT senior member Bill Sibonis stated.
“A more tempered design is necessary.”
The applicant Osnad Pty Ltd appealed to VCAT after Greater Dandenong Council rejected its original bid for 20 dwellings.
By Mitchell Clarke
Sentimental jewellery, which was stolen in a heartless burglary just days before Christmas, has finally been returned to a Dandenong North man.
Police “proudly” returned the stolen jewellery to the victim on Friday 22 January, a month after an offender allegedly broke into his Bonita Court house and made off with his priceless possessions.
Dandenong Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) detectives executed a search a warrant at a Dandenong North property and recovered the stolen jewellery, as well as laptops and a mobile phone.
Among the precious items seized were the victim’s wedding ring and jewels, which are understood to have belonged to his late mother and grandmother.
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MCIU investigate crash on Monash
A man is fighting for his life following a crash on the Monash Freeway in Mulgrave overnight.
Police have been told two cars were seen travelling city bound on the Monash and appeared to be racing; weaving and changing lanes, when the crash occurred on Monday 28 December about 10.45pm.
The car appeared to lose control before it crashed into the Springvale Road overpass and rolled.
The other vehicle, which was seen speeding alongside the crashed car between Wellington and Springvale roads prior to the collision, didn’t stop and fled the scene.
The driver was trapped for some time before he was extricated from the vehicle and taken to hospital by road ambulance in a life-threatening condition.
These Australians come from different walks of life but they all share one thing in common.
Their photographs hang in the homes of devastated loved ones who cling to hope they will one day walk through the door.
More than 38,000 people go missing in Australia each year, but 95 per cent are found within a month.
This Christmas, there will be 2,600 families whose loved ones are unlikely to be joining them at the table.
More than 38,000 people going missing in Australia each year. While the majority are found, there are currently around 2600 people who are considered permanently missing
There is a name for the torture they endure daily - ambiguous loss - a grief defined by the lack of closure or understanding of the fate that befell their missing loved one.