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Good support for Daffodil Day

A bunch of job-seekers are raising money for charity while honing their skills by creating daffodils with a difference. A Good Support – a not-for-profit...

Click away for Stony Creek photo competition

Shutterbugs are being urged to capture the life and times of Yarraville’s Stony Creek. Friends of Stony Creek president Steve Wilson (pictured) said a photographic...

Pupils show the way to engage

Pupils at St Mary’s Parish Primary School want the Williamstown community to share the love this month through a project to help 1500 families. The...

Students on mission to eradicate education diadvantage

Sophia D’Ambra is on a mission to eradicate education disadvantage, starting with Melton Secondary College. Ms D’Ambra is a Teach for Australia (TFA) associate on...

Training institution closes over alleged rorts

A Footscray training institution has been shut down and its owner charged with a string of offences over an alleged multi-million dollar student visa...

80 jobs to go at Footscray garment factory

Eighty workers at a West Footscray uniform factory face will lose their jobs when the company closes its doors at the end of next...

Deja vu as fire destroys historic rail carriages

Fire has again struck the Newport rail yards, with two historic rail carriages destroyed in a suspicious blaze which ripped through a shed early this...

Driver killed in three-car crash in Maribyrnong

A man has died following a head-on car crash in Maribyrnong on Saturday night. Police at the scene of the fatal collision believe a car travelling...

Man killed after driving wrong way on freeway

Police were unable to prevent a fatal head-on collision after a man was spotted driving on the wrong side of the Princes Freeway on Friday...

Climate change under the microscope

What can we do about climate change … and why should we care? These and many more such questions go under the microscope of science...

Truck curfew information session this Saturday

VicRoads may have a tough sell on its hands its second of two community information session in Footscray this week on the effectiveness of...

Win for police brutality claimant

An Ethiopian man who alleges he was a victim of police brutality and racism six years ago in Williamstown has won an appeal to...

Nelson Place free-parking trial begins

A trial offering three months of free parking at Nelson Place, Williamstown, started this week. The Hobsons Bay Council trial is aimed at helping struggling...

Teachers get the good oil on maths and science

Two western suburbs teachers have returned from Texas after receiving specialist training in how to get students interested in maths and science. Rob Evans, principal...

Pay catch-up for Myer cleaners

Cleaners at several Myer stores will take home more in their weekly pay after the Fair Work Ombudsman found they had been collectively short-changed...

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Mum urges parents to spot drowning signs

A mum whose toddler almost drowned last summer is urging parents to learn the signs of drowning and know what to do in an...