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Melbourne Airport set for busy winter holidays

More than 1.6 million people are expected through the terminals at Melbourne Airport over the coming weeks as Victorians make the most of the...

Social housing boost

Victoria is set to receive $496 million in funding within the next two weeks to deliver new social housing. In an announcement on June 21,...

60-day dispensing policy could force job cuts, report finds

A Griffith University report has found new evidence that 665 pharmacies may close and 20,000 jobs could be lost due to the federal government’s...

Footscray’s women organisation wins grant

McAuley Community Services for Women will share in $100,000 in grants given to 10 local Melbourne organisations by Metro Trains. Metro Trains announced the winners...

Moon Dog kicks on

Moon Dog's Karl van Buuren has labelled Maribyrnong council's decision to the brewery's planning permit as a big surprise. As reported by Star Weekly, Moon...

Williamstown beach petition recieved

Hobsons Bay councillors unanimously voted to receive a new petition requesting council upgrade the public facilities in the Williamstown beach precinct. The electronic petition...

LeadWest advocacy continues

Mayor Sarah Carter and Deputy Mayor Cuc Lam represented the city of Maribyrnong at a LeadWest advocacy event held at Parliament House. They joined the...

Council wants more mental health support

Maribyrnong council has acknowledged the mental health crisis developing across the municipality, as revealed in the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2021 census. At a...

New towers light up Maribyrnong

Both Scovell and Pennell reserves have been fitted with new flood lighting towers to enable night time training and competition to take place. This means...

Waste charges to rise

Waste collection and disposal charges in Hobsons Bay will rise by 7.7 per cent next financial year to help pay for the four-bin system...

Heritage overlay abandoned

The Maribyrnong community has emerged victorious following council's decision to abandon the West Footscray inter-war and post-war heritage overlay. The overlay would have resulted in...

Residents told to avoid Kororoit Creek

On Wednesday afternoon, June 21, The Environmental Protection Authority Victoria was called to a factory in Brooklyn to reports of a chemical leak. At 4.08pm...

Maribyrnong pulls the pin on medicinal cannabis plans

Maribyrnong council won't be entering the medicinal cannabis industry. As reported by Star Weekly, councillors voted in September 2021 to entre the medicinal cannabis industry...

Maribyrnong welcomes a ‘responsible’ budget

Maribyrnong councillor Michael Clarke has labelled council's 2023-24 budget as being "remarkably responsible". Council adopted the budget during its meeting on Tuesday, June 20. The budget...

Women’s grassroots programs empowered

The Braybrook community will benefit from an investment in grassroots community projects which support and empower women and improve gender equality. Firty-four community and women’s...

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2nd Footscray Scouts 100th anniversary Past members and supporters of the 2nd Footscray Scout Group are warmly invited to a fun and entertaining evening to...