Western Bulldogs stars’ culture club unites kids
A trio of indigenous Western Bulldogs stars is helping young fans learn about their identity and culture.
Liam Jones, Koby Stevens and Brett Goodes led...
State budget: Blow for western suburbs as major projects ignored
The inner-west was largely overlooked in Tuesday’s state budget, the final before November’s election.
Despite $27 billion worth of infrastructure promises in the next decade,...
Hobsons Bay councillors split over new rate hike
Two Hobsons Bay councillors have voted against a proposed 5 per cent rates bill increase, saying many families were already under financial pressure.
Many ratepayers...
Tony Briffa bristles over budget debt, ‘inequity’
A former Hobsons Bay mayor has criticised the council for going into debt for the first time and distributing capital works funding “inequitably” in...
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...
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RSPCA low-cost vaccination days return to the West
RSPCA have announced the return of low-cost vaccination days to the Western suburbs.
The clinics, run by an RSPCA Victoria vet, will take place...
