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Stamp duty depletes home listings

The Real Estate Institute of Australia and SQM Research have released a report showing the number of homes available to buy in Australia has...

Road safety coming out of COVID lockdown

As the state gradually opens up and COVID restrictions are being eased across Victoria, travel by road will increase. Road users are reminded that...

Preparing for life at Laverton P-12 College

Laverton P-12 College provides an inclusive learning environment, offering pathways to success for every student. From their formative primary years right through to their...

Fighting feelings of stress during exams

As VCE students would be well aware, exams are a time of stress, uncertainty and hard work. It is important to balance this stress...

Everyone’s scrambling for the hottest game in town

Altona North now has a home for the newest basketball competition format, 3 x 3. Described as a souped-up version of the traditional 5...

Healthy hearing, healthy brain

As an essential service, Active Audiology remained open during COVID-19 but, as owner and principal audiologist Cris Ivanidis says, some patients neglected their hearing...

Program provides a safe place online

A year on from the first COVID-19 lockdown, communities are continuing to adjust to living through a pandemic. People are embracing the digital world...

Business survives the COVID test

Leading professional hair care retailer Price Attack Salons has targeted Melbourne and surrounding suburbs for expansion, setting a goal to open five stores this...

Real locals share their passion for goodness

Slow Food Melbourne, part of a worldwide network that supports the notion of “think global, act local”, runs two farmers’ markets providing produce from...

Student outcomes ‘remarkable’ during COVID

Adam Potter, Campus Principal of Williamstown High School’s Pasco campus, is incredibly proud of their 2020 year 12 cohort, not least because the students...

The perfect place to let off steam

Sitting in Willy’s Steam Packet Hotel one evening, Colin Woolhouse nearly choked on his beer when his partner Ana Klingsberg suggested the idea of...

Congratulations to our winners!

Congratulations to our Take Off with Avalon competition winners! The lovely Cathy from Werribee is our lucky first prize winner, taking home a double pass...

WIN!

Star Weekly and Avalon Airport are giving you the chance to take off and get out of town with return flights from Avalon to...

Same pharmacy, only different

Simon Jiao, owner of Chemist Discount Centre for the past two years, kept a lot of things the same as when it operated for...

Williamstown identity releases long-awaited novel

In October 1993, Jim McIntyre spent five days trapped inside his Moscow apartment while tens of thousands of pro-parliament demonstrators marched in the streets...

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New challenge awaits the Magpies

Laverton coach Tony Jofre believes his side is ready for the challenge of the new look Western Football League division 2 competition. Following the...