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Sports precinct designs unveiled
New concept designs have been released for a sports precinct to replace West Footscray’s RecWest building. Maribyrnong council has unveiled refined designs under the West…
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Call for online council meetings
Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay councils have supported calls to be allowed to meet virtually instead of in-person for council meetings during the coronavirus state of emergency.…
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AA moves online to combat drinking in self isolation
Not once during self isolation has Kate* felt like a drink. Kate, who previously attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in the Newport area, said COVID-19 had…
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An expose of life in isolation
Altona photographer Jude van Daalen is documenting people at their homes for her Life in Self-Isolation project as a way of giving back. After moving…
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Lighting up the dawn
Embattled RSL clubs are keeping the Anzac spirit alive amid the coronavirus lockdown, with members of the community urged to ’light up the dawn’ from…
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Clinic on the front line
An Altona North medical practice has become the first GP respiratory clinic testing for coronavirus in Melbourne’s west, as part of the federal government’s roll-out…
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Face-to-face consults in decline
Many doctors have closed the book on new patients and are not providing face-to-face treatment during the COVID-19 crisis, even for unrelated medical issues. It…
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Church keeps doors open to provide food, toilet paper
Williamstown Church of Christ is keeping its doors open to provide food hampers for those in need after its soup kitchen was forced to close…
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‘They will throw a tantrum’: Pharmacists abused over coronavirus meds
An Altona pharmacist is prioritising flu vaccines for high-risk and local patients amid coronavirus panic and abusive customers. The move comes as some Victorian pharmacists…
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Fighting fund set up
Western Health has established a dedicated Respiratory Assessment Clinic at Sunshine Hospital and prepared new wards with extra acute and intensive care capacity for coronavirus.…
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Changing face of business in coronavirus shutdown
A Williamstown seamstress who turned her hand to making masks after her business closed, is giving away about 400 each day. Nhi “Annie” Tran said…
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CEO given emergency powers
Hobsons Bay’s chief executive has been given more powers in the COVID-19 state of emergency, enabling him to make decisions if a councillor majority can’t…
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Waste drop-off rubbished
Hobsons Bay council has been criticised for asking people to drop off excess rubbish at its operations centre on Saturdays amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In…
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Portraits document social distancing
A Kingsville photographer is putting the human face on the social isolation being forced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Strict social distancing rules have all but…
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Police patrol lockdown
Police have made more than 4000 spot checks in local streets as Victoria’s coronavirus cases climb, stage 3 restrictions came into effect and the Federal…
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