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ED funding boost
The state government has announced it will commit an additional $6 million to western suburbs emergency departments to hire more staff, open more treatment spaces…
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New leader for Hobsons Bay
Hobsons Bay council’s search for a new chief executive is over, with Phu Nguyen appointed to the role. Originally from Melbourne’s western suburbs, Mr Nguyen…
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Grand sale for Grand Theatre
A unique piece of Footscray’s cultural history has hit the market. The former Footscray Grand Theatre at 8 Paisley Street, Footscray, has been listed for…
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Echoes from elsewhere exhibited
After first meeting a year ago and then recently bumping into each other at Altona’s Louis Joel Gallery, artists Julee Latimer and Dovey Dee came…
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Council honours community hero
Footscray icon Wally Hopkins OAM was honoured at Tuesday night’s Maribyrnong council meeting, the first since his death last month aged 101. Standing orders were…
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EPA conducts snap inspections
A snap inspection program in Melbourne’s west by the Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has found gaps in the way warehouses and logistic facilities handle…
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Two more Techno blocks approved
More residents at the Techno Park estate will be able to remain in their homes after Hobsons Bay council issued certificates of compliance to another…
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Community Calendar
Laverton Community Choir It’s that time of the year – the Laverton Community Choir is busy rehearsing Christmas songs for the festive season, and would…
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My Place
Cas Bukor has called the west home for 40 years and is well known around Williamstown for her annual Williamstown Calendar. She chats to Laura…
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Laverton steel workers to strike
Workers at a Laverton steel mill will walk off the job on Friday after negotiations over a new enterprise agreement broke down. Australian Workers Union…
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Get your home storm ready
With storms costing Victorians millions of dollars in damage annually and accounting for 80 per cent of all Victoria State Emergency Service callouts, RACV is…
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A pocket full of art
An empty garage was the inspiration behind Yarraville’s newest, and possibly smallest, art space. Friends Peta Ferguson and Patricia Stewart have opened a tiny art…
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Fuel savings app launched
Motorists, including those in the inner west, can get help finding the cheapest fuel following the launch of the state government’s Servo Saver. Servo Saver…
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Manager charged following factory fire
WorkSafe has charged the general manager of a chemical manufacturing company after a worker died at a Derrimut factory in October 2023. The 26-year old…
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Singer ready to rock
A young Hobsons Bay star will dial up the volume at St Kilda’s National Theatre next month in Theatrical Inc’s School of Rock the Musical.…
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