Victoria University thwarted on heritage property demolition bid
Victoria University’s expansion plans have suffered a blow after heritage protection was given to a property it had hoped to demolish.
An independent planning panel...
Gellibrand MP Tim Watts slams ‘bitter’ budget
The mood among Federal Labor MPs in Canberra last week was sombre.
Gellibrand MP Tim Watts, who has called a post-budget public meeting at Altona...
Williamstown scholar spreads social media word
Leaving the Ukraine-Russian crisis behind her, a Williamstown scholar has returned from teaching journalism students at the European Humanities University (EHU) – the Belarusian...
Senior drivers offered tips to re-skill for the road
Just as going to the doctor to get a check-up is important when you get older, senior residents of Melbourne’s west are being encouraged...
Church leaders seek children’s release from detention
A group of church leaders arrested and removed from the office of Maribyrnong MP Bill Shorten on Monday are seeking the immediate release of...
Tottenham foundation provides help to Sudanese patients
More than 3000 Sudanese patients have received help from a team of surgeons, doctors and nurses sponsored by Tottenham-based Australia Light Foundation (ALF).
The volunteer...
Foodbank: Chief says millions of meals needed
Cost of living pressures are forcing record numbers of Australians to turn to charities for food.
Foodbank Victoria chief executive David McNamara said the national...
Miss Lady Kingpin: Joanne a poster girl with an edge
It’s a world filled with sugar and spice and not all things nice that Joanne Evangelia hopes to conquer.
Altona Meadows’ own pin-up girl has...
Firefighters slam government for not keeping extra staff promise
Firefighters last week protested outside a Liberal Party post-budget dinner at a Williamstown yacht club, concerned there are not enough CFA and MFB frontline...
State budget: Women’s Health West slams lack of funding
Services tackling family violence in the western suburbs have been left high and dry by the state budget, according to Women’s Health West.
The claim...
Williamstown North: Residents fear more train deaths
People laid wreaths near Williamstown North railway station on Saturday to mark the 21st anniversary of the deaths of two children who were killed...
VU forum: Julian Burnside decries offshore detention of asylum seekers
Prominent refugee advocate Julian Burnside has rejected claims offshore detention of asylum seekers is about saving lives.
Speaking at a forum at Victoria University’s Footscray...
Federal budget: Welfare changes prompt dire warning
A man left homeless after his mother died says there will be “burglaries every day” if the federal government makes unemployed people under 30...
Altona: Seven-storey apartment plan gets the chop
A developer hoping to build a seven-storey apartment block on the site of the old Boccelli restaurant in Altona has been knocked back before...
Footscray’s hazardous Shepherd’s Bridge to be widened
UPDATE: The west’s main cycling link with the city will be upgraded following a state government announcement of $650,000 to improve Footscray’s notorious Shepherd Bridge.
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Free yoga for mental health study
That exercise improves our mental health is widely accepted.
What is less clear is exactly how it does this and whether it helps alleviate...
