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New user-pays hard rubbish collection
Hobsons Bay residents will soon be able to pay for a second annual hard rubbish collection as the council battles illegally dumped rubbish that’s costing…
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Drug trafficker loses appeal bid
Former Australian kickboxing champion Dragan ‘Machine Gun Charlie’ Arnautovic has lost his bid to appeal a 10-year jail term for drug trafficking. The 56-year-old was…
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Friends of Williamstown RSL call for reinforcements
Diggers are regrouping after the disbanding of Williamstown RSL, with veterans and residents being urged to attend weekly meetings started up at a local yacht…
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Uniting AgeWell takes over home care
Uniting AgeWell has been awarded the contract to deliver in-home care for the aged and people under 65 with disabilities in Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong.…
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Former NAB boss’ chief of staff arrested over alleged fraud
A former senior executive at the National Australia Bank has been arrested after travelling from Melbourne to Sydney to be interviewed by police over an…
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Rising costs spell end for iconic Dancing Dog Café
Soaring rents and development pressure have claimed another Footscray live venue scalp – culture and cafe trailblazer the Dancing Dog Café. After 17 years of…
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Tunnel work leaves ‘death trap’
A Brooklyn mother has labelled Millers Road “an emerging pedestrian death trap” due to West Gate Tunnel works. Alexia Boland Herrick said she feared pedestrians…
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Steve Bracks named as next Victoria University Chancellor
Former Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has been named as the next Chancellor of Victoria University. Current Chancellor George Pappas will step down from the role…
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Victoria University twins on double degree journey
Victoria University’s latest intake includes students giving a whole new meaning to a double degree. Twins Mia and Ava Duggan-Sorbara have both enrolled in a…
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Newport residents’ fury over multi-storey plans
Newport residents are up in arms over council plans to allow four-storey development and a multi-storey carpark overlooking residential backyards. As reported by Star Weekly…
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Point Cook shooting arrests
Homicide Squad detectives have arrested two men following a shooting at Point Cook last week that left a man with life-threatening injuries. Mark Dixon, 30,…
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Teenager charged in relation to sexual assaults in Point Cook, Laverton
A teenager has been charged in relation to two alleged sexual assaults, which occurred in Point Cook and Laverton earlier this week. Westgate Sexual Offences…
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Food Bytes with Sarah Patterson
ROB QUINEY, FORMER VICTORIAN AND AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER
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Maribyrnong Council set to switch rating system
Maribyrnong council is poised to make sweeping changes to its property rating system despite fears the move could drive up already skyrocketing rates bills. Councillors…
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Maribyrnong groups invited to pitch for funding
Maribyrnong community groups and clubs are being urged to hone their ‘pitch’ to score valuable funding. The annual Seddon Community Bank “Community Pitch” invites Maribyrnong…
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