Public housing wait may never end, agency warns
Western suburbs families and single people on public housing waiting lists are living without basic services and using up to 80 per cent of...
MH17 disaster: Condolence books at Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong
Condolence books for the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are at all Hobsons Bay libraries and the civic centre for signing.
Flags at the...
Altona Pier Street apartment project bid goes to VCAT
A developer has appealed to the state’s tribunal to let it build a seven-storey apartment block in Pier Street after Hobsons Bay council said...
Commonwealth Games: Maribyrnong netballer flags a fine time at Glasgow
Maribyrnong College’s Arabella Williams will be flying the flag for the west at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, starting on Thursday (Melbourne time).
The...
Laverton: Federal childcare funding cut hits mums
Women could be forced out of work by the rising cost of childcare in order to care for their own children, according to Laverton...
Altona: Reward offered for info on bookshop assault on Jill Brookes
Sunday marked the two-year anniversary of the near-fatal bashing of Altona bookshop owner Jill Brookes.
No one has been charged over the attack, but detectives...
Yarraville: A fanciful idea pops up as top artists join forces
Some of Maribyrnong’s leading artists, designers and craftmakers have joined forces.
Stocking only locally crafted products from a pop-up shop in Yarraville Village, Far Fetched...
Laverton North death mystery: Woman still awaiting answers
A Werribee woman is hoping two unknown drivers could hold the key to explaining her husband’s death.
For Lynette Flowers, the date November 10, 2011,...
Altona robbery: Police hunt for two men
Police have released images of two men they want to speak to after two men were robbed within five minutes of each other in...
Williamstown assault: Public help sought to nab offenders
Police have released images of two men and two women they want to speak to after two men were assaulted outside a Williamstown restaurant...
Laverton: Park, housing in Hobsons Bay council’s $2.6m school plan
Hobsons Bay council has revealed that $2.3 million allocated for a “confidential acquisition” in its 2014-15 budget was to buy the former Laverton Primary School...
Exxon Mobil objects to Williamstown North housing plan
Exxon Mobil is opposed to a 90-bed nursing home and four-storey residential development that could be built 700 metres from its Altona oil refinery.
Hobsons...
Tottenham railway station gets much-needed revamp
Tottenham railway station has been enhanced by an additional 100 car spaces, improved lighting, CCTV cameras and a new forecourt on Sunshine Road.
The upgrade,...
Labor launches school campaign, but Lib MP dubs it a poll ‘hoax’
A new campaign to have more schools built in Melbourne’s west has been dismissed as a smoke and mirrors tactic.
Altona Labor MP Jill Hennessy...
Brooklyn: Resident ire as users won’t pay to seal dusty road
Residents living near a Brooklyn industrial estate say they feel angry and betrayed after the state’s planning tribunal ruled out Brimbank council’s special charge...
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