Police increase water patrols, boaters warned
Water police are patrolling Port Phillip Bay in a crackdown on boaters who anchor in shipping lanes.
Recreational boat users are being warned to steer...
Altona North-Newport sexual assaults: Police know the culprit
Police believe they know who is the man responsible for 13 sexual assaults in the Altona North-Newport area between April 29 and August 10.
Superintendent...
Truck curfew wins on Moore Street and Somerville Road
A community campaign to cut truck traffic in the inner-west has clawed two new curfews from VicRoads.
An overnight curfew will be in place from...
Truck bans in inner west pledged by Labor
A Labor government will introduce truck bans in the inner west to ensure trucks use the proposed West Gate Distributor, Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews...
Altona Loop to be closed in October, November for upgrade works
Altona Loop commuters will have replacement buses with the announcement that the loop will be closed at various times in October and November to...
Julia Gillard launches her book My Story in Yarraville
Former prime minister Julia Gillard has high hopes for women in positions of leadership in Australia but believes there is much work to do.
Launching...
Williamstown’s UN worker Jillian Hocking leaves fear behind
A Williamstown woman who feared for her life while working with the United Nations in Afghanistan has helped a media colleague from Kabul flee...
Union accuses Vic Uni management of planning a ‘McDonald’s university’
Experienced Victoria University lecturers are being pushed out the door to be replaced by cheaper staff, according to the staff union.
VU has presented the...
Yarraville shipwreck: High hopes for what lies beneath
Two Hobsons Bay residents are using technology to find out if an unidentified shipwreck under the West Gate Bridge could be a rare example...
Seddon: Maribyrnong council urged to clean up dirty lanes
Seddon residents are demanding that Maribyrnong council acts on the poor state of streets and laneways.
Seddon Street resident Stephen McIvor-Smith said repeated requests for...
Laverton: Level crossing on Aviation Road to go, Labor pledges
Labor Opposition leader Daniel Andrews on Wednesday announced that if elected his government would remove the level crossing on Aviation Road at Laverton.
A 2012...
Footscray: Mayor Grant Miles slams developers over ‘quick buck’ sales
Developers speculating on land and selling sites with high-rise planning approvals are creating an unsightly ‘wasteland’ at the gateway to Footscray, according to Maribyrnong...
Terror raids: Seabrook man remanded in custody
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UPDATE: A 23-year-old Seabrook man on Tuesday appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court charged with funding a US citizen to fight with a...
Altona beach: Body found near end of Millers Road
A body was found floating in the water at Altona beach on Monday morning.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said the body was found near the...
Depression: Williamstown man donates 21st birthday ‘gifts’ to beyondblue
A Williamstown man who battled depression after one of his best mates took his own life is reaching out to help others.
James Streets recently...
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Hitting pancaretic cancer for six
The local cricket community is coming out in force to raise funds and awareness of pancreatic cancer.
The inaugural PanKind Power Play T20 event will...
