Lib, Labor MPs trade blame over hospitals ‘crisis’
A blowout in surgery waiting lists at Williamstown and Western hospitals is part of a statewide health crisis, according to Williamstown Labor MP Wade...
Florence Aged Care Services: Generations share the love
It was a win-win for young and old when children from Altona North Child Care Centre visited residents at Florence Aged Care Services in...
VicTrack regret on Williamstown North underpass
A leaked state government email has revealed VicTrack’s regret that it did not give Hobsons Bay council enough notice of the closure of the...
Laverton worker in push to help west youth
A Laverton youth worker will push a car 42 kilometres in 15 hours to raise money for programs benefiting young people in Melbourne’s west.
No...
Yarraville mother to conquer 27 levels of fears for a cause
The thought of plunging 27 storeys from the top of a city skyscraper terrifies Lisel Thomas yet that’s exactly what she intends to do...
Williamstown North boy the subject of snake bite study
A Williamstown North boy has become the subject of a nationwide study after being bitten by a tiger snake.
Snakes rarely release venom when they...
Discrimination law change ‘a megaphone’, says race panel chief
Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner is calling on the government to scrap its proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act.
Attorney-General George Brandis and the federal...
Footscray Rotary honours ‘silent achievers’ with John H. Kerr award
Western suburbs’ ‘shining lights’, also dubbed ‘‘the silent achievers’’ and ‘‘the tireless workers’’, were awarded Rotary Club of Footscray’s highest honour at a ceremony...
Killer of Men’s Shed founder jailed for seven years
The man who killed one of the co-founders of the Men’s Shed organisation as he sat in a friend’s front yard in Williamstown has...
A Footscray car park, no … green space, yes
A rare slice of green open space could be created near the Western Hospital in Footscray if a plan put to Maribyrnong council by...
Altona exhibition: Refugee plight captured by Eritrea’s top artist
When a boat carrying 500 asylum seekers sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa, it moved Michael Adonai to create the works featured in...
Footscray’s new home adds to hope and humanity for asylum seekers
After a whirlwind few months involving thousands of hours of volunteer help, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s new Home of Hope is opening its...
Brooklyn industrial land in line for east-west link
Industrial land in Brooklyn could be acquired by the state government as it commits to building the western section of the east-west link.
The federal...
Scones, stories at Altona Meadows school open day
Award-winning children’s author Jackie Kerin (pictured) will be among guests at an open day for the old Laverton School in Altona Meadows.
One of Melbourne’s...
Work experience scheme for students at budget risk
A program that helps western suburbs students gain work experience at petrochemical companies like Mobil and Cummins is set to be slashed under the...
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Falcons solid win
City West Falcons came away with a solid win against the Wilson Storage Southern Saints in the Victorian Netball League championship on Wednesday.
Facing one...
