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New partnership a boost of VU students
Victoria University has partnered with Belgravia Leisure to help increase employment pathways and opportunities for students studying health, wellbeing and leisure. The new partnership will…
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Crime drops in Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay
Footscray was the worst suburb for crime in the city of Maribyrnong in the year ending June 30, while Williamstown was the most crime-ridden suburb in Hobsons…
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My Place: Ian Nicholls
Williamstown’s Ian Nicholls has been instrumental in revitalising Newport RSL. He speaks with Goya Dmytryshchak. What do you like about Williamstown? Williamstown is a great…
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Vaccine pop-up clinics at Buddhist temple, mosque
Vaccine pop-up clinics have been established at a Braybrook Buddhist temple and Tottenham mosque. Maribyrnong council has partnered with cohealth and faith leaders to make…
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‘Focus on the person, not their age’
Friday is Ageism Awareness Day and Maidstone-based Australian Multicultural Community Services is challenging everyone to focus on the person, not their age. October 1 is…
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VU Whitten Oval pop-up vaccine clinic
The Western Bulldogs are opening up VU Whitten Oval for a weekend pop-up clinic to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The Western Bulldogs Community Foundation has…
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Shannon Grant dumped over domestic violence past
Williamstown CYMS Football Club has dumped former North Melbourne star Shannon Grant as head coach over his domestic violence history just days after appointing him. The…
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Medicinal cannabis forum
Maribyrnong council is inviting the community to discuss a proposal to establish a medicinal cannabis business to reduce the burden on ratepayers. The online forum…
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Trans history preserved
Yarraville’s Noah Riseman is a finalist in the Victorian Community History Awards for the first overview of the history of trans and gender diverse people…
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The pride of the west
Western Bulldogs fans may be commiserating after Saturday’s AFL Grand Final loss to Melbourne but say they are proud and grateful to the club for…
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Double digit rate rises
Maribyrnong residents slugged with double digit rates increases are questioning the council. Yarraville’s Bruce Light said his bill had jumped 14 per cent for 2021-22. “We’re…
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$75 cashback for reusable nappies
Hobsons Bay parents are being offered a $75 rebate to buy reusable nappies. The idea stems from Newport mum Deborah Frenkel, who switched to reusable nappies…
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Convict seawall to be saved
One of Williamstown’s most iconic pieces of convict history, the Point Gellibrand Seawall that Ned Kelly worked on, will be saved. As reported by Star…
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Medicinal cannabis a Maribyrnong enterprise?
I know many of you have questions around council’s proposal to establish a business to cultivate, produce and manufacture medicinal cannabis to reduce the burden…
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VCAT grants permission to build near major hazard facility
The state’s planning tribunal has approved a subdivision near two major hazard facilities (MHFs) known as the Newport Fuel Terminals. Hobsons Bay council had refused…
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