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Petrol price review call
As petrol prices rose to a historic high of almost $1.70 a litre last week, a peak motoring lobby group is urging people to shop…
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Prison for violent crime spree
A Noble Park man has been sentenced to five years and two months jail for an armed robbery spree, including at McDonald’s restaurants in Altona…
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Council push for court support
Hobsons Bay council is urging ratepayers to join its push for the state government to contribute $9 million for the Altona Sports Centre expansion as…
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Altona house is a wonderland of quirky
From its unassuming clinker-brick facade, there is little to suggest what lies behind the door of one of Altona’s quirkiest houses. The Temple of Mood…
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West Footscray bike park windfall after Pick My Project vote
A $200,000 bike park will be built in West Footscray after attracting the most community votes from the area in the state government’s Pick My…
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Dedication is the target
Neil Stewart saw an advertisement for the Melton Pistol Club at a shopfront more than three decades ago. He decided to give it a go…
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Man jailed over violent robbery
By Ewen McRae A man involved in an armed robbery in Sunshine last year has been sentenced in the County Court to five years…
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Man arrested in Werribee
Police arrested a man in Werribee yesterday, following a series of burglaries and carjackings in Melbourne’s west and northwest in a 24-hour period. Police allege…
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Blessing for all creatures great and small
Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Williamstown will bless dogs, cats and all other of God’s creatures at its annual St Francis of Assisi Day service.…
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Police patrols ramp up over Grand Final weekend
Westgate Highway Patrol has mapped out its game plan and will hit the west’s roads en masse over the grand final long weekend to tackle…
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Maribyrnong Council racks up most complaints in Melbourne’s west
Maribyrnong council is one of the most complained about councils in Victoria, attracting more than one complaint to the Victorian Ombudsman’s Office for every 1000…
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Food Bytes with Sarah Patterson
Food Bytes with Sarah Patterson
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West Footscray fire fall-out plagues the inner-west
The slow road to recovery has begun for Stony Creek as the fall-out from the West Footscray fire continues to plague the inner west. Toxic…
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Funding push ramps up
Hobsons Bay council is calling on ratepayers to help lobby the state government for more money towards Altona boat ramp and the Warmies boat ramp…
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Brenbeal Children’s Centre sows seeds of community
A Footscray childcare centre and kindergarten has been sowing the seeds of community connection with a garden planter box project. Brenbeal Children’s Centre has been…
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