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Simple steps to better mental wellbeing
Simple steps such as taking a stroll at lunchtime can help workers cut stress and anxiety as effectively as prescription medication, according to new research…
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Skunk Control light up White Night
The boffins behind Victoria University’s Skunk Control collective will light up White Night celebrations this Saturday when their installation, Altar to the Future, comes to…
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Footscray childhood flavours literary award winner
Growing up in Footscray, Demet Divaroren was an avid bookworm. Yet there was one story she never came across – her own upbringing as a…
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Newport man dies after Thai bar brawl
An Australian man who died after a bar brawl in Thailand has been identified by local media as Newport resident Benjamin Robb. Mr Robb, 42,…
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Queen’s baton relay makes its way through the inner-west
A slice of the Commonwealth Games will come to the inner-west this Saturday as the Queen’s Baton Relay arrives in style. The baton has been…
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Hunt for armed bandits over West Footscray milk bar robbery
Police are searching for two armed men who stole a cash register from a West Footscray milk bar. The two men, armed with a knife…
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Citizen’s arrest in Sanctuary Lakes
A man made a citizen’s arrest in Sanctuary Lakes this morning, following an alleged road rage incident. Police were called to a shopping centre on Point…
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Fake cash, tomahawk seized from sleeping driver
A man asleep in a car in Williamstown North has been allegedly caught with counterfeit money, a tomahawk, flick knife and potentially dangerous tools. Police…
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Hobsons Bay squash bid has topspin
Plans to make Hobsons Bay the squash capital of Melbourne’s west have been touted by the sport’s national body. Squash Australia (SA) has submitted a…
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Record house price growth in Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong
Bridesmaid suburbs will continue to drive property price growth in Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong as the two municipalities recorded their highest annual growth in seven…
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Superintendent Fitzgerald walks the walk
By Charlene Macaulay, Alesha Capone and Benjamin Millar Meet the western suburbs’ newest Superintendent. Superintendent Therese Fitzgerald has taken the reins of the north-west metro…
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Yarraville Festival is back and bigger than ever
The Yarraville Festival returns to the heart of the village this month featuring a bigger footprint than ever before. The festival will transform Yarraville on…
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Councillor Catherine Cumming joins Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party
Maribyrnong councillor Catherine Cumming is ending her 20-year run as an independent to take a tilt at state Parliament as a candidate for Derryn Hinch’s…
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West’s top cop warns against “African gang” panic
Police working to tackle youth crime in the west are warning panic around an “African gang crisis” may be making their job more difficult by…
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Fun in the Footscray sun at St Jerome’s Laneway Festival
The colourful crowd at St Jerome’s Laneway Festival enjoyed a day of musical fun in the sun on Saturday as local and international acts alike…
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