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Workplace help for students on career verge
Students on the verge of starting their careers are gaining a helping hand from Victoria University’s latest workplace initiative. VU Innovations at Victoria University has…
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My Place: Katerina Gaita
She can’t leave the house without bumping into someone she knows, but Seddon climate change campaigner Katerina Gaita wouldn’t have it any other way. She…
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Team tactics help youth
Hundreds of young people have benefited from a $1.7 million pilot program designed to cut youth crime in Wyndham, Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong. The state…
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Williamstown ferry operator in dire straits
A pioneering Williamstown ferry operator says his business is in dire straits after losing a Southgate berth it has had for 13 years. Williamstown Bay…
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National Trust backs protection for Brutalist Footscray building
A race is underway to protect one of Footscray’s most iconic post-war buildings from the wrecking ball. National Trust of Australia has nominated The Footscray…
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Woman’s remains dumped at sites hundreds of kilometres apart
Police on Monday said forensic testing confirmed remains found at Altona North this month belonged to 31-year-old Ballarat woman Tamara Farrell. It is alleged Ms…
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Gellibrand’s millions gone with Labor loss
By Goya Dmytryshchak and Benjamin Millar Millions of dollars of pre-election promises that were contingent on Labor winning federal government have been scuttled in Gellibrand,…
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Maribyrnong MP Bill Shorten eyes off nation’s top job
Fourteen candidates are vying to represent the three inner-west Melbourne seats being contested at the May 18 Federal election. Australians head to the polls on…
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Climbing mountains to combat diabetes
Every day, six-year-old Finlay Morgan has to have two insulin injections and five blood tests to manage her type 1 diabetes. Her father David Morgan…
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Wild about Heavy Harry
Australia’s largest locomotive – known as Heavy Harry – is set to get a $150,000 roof over his head at Newport. Built at the Newport…
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Maribyrnong development stirs up concerns
Plans for 250 new townhouses to be built on a heavily contaminated Maribyrnong site are stirring up health and traffic concerns among neighbouring residents. Orion…
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Battle brewing over open space future
Maribyrnong council has moved to quell a growing backlash to proposed plans for redeveloping public open space with improved sports grounds. The council adopted a…
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Charity bottle top collection lends helping hand
A not-for-profit charity has developed a top idea for giving amputees a helping hand. Envision has teamed up with community partners including the Seddon branch…
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Yarraville parking meters to be torn out
Yarraville’s controversial parking meters will be dug out and used elsewhere, more than three years after the area’s traders first campaigned for their removal. The…
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Another truck crashes into notorious Napier Street bridge
Yet another overheight truck has collided with the notorious Napier Street bridge in Footscray. A westbound container truck struck one of the bright yellow protection beams…
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