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Hobsons Bay council staff threaten to stop work
Hobsons Bay council employees are threatening 24-hour strikes, including work bans such as not mowing parks, cleaning up rubbish or processing building permits, under a…
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Yarraville parking meters forced shoppers away
The introduction of parking meters in Yarraville Village pushed people out of the popular shopping strip, new research has revealed. A joint Melbourne University and…
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Altona Meadows author writes about Enid and Her Two Mums
Altona Meadows’ Jessica Skogstad has written a children’s book about having two mums. She is crowdfunding on GoFundMe to get Enid and Her Two Mums…
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My Place: Gabi Duke
Altona Meadows’ Gabi Duke, Hobsons Bay’s Young Citizen of the Year in 2014, speaks with Goya Dmytryshchak. What’s your connection to Hobsons Bay? …
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Seddon man arrested over $2.4m Armaguard heist
A Seddon man has been arrested in relation to a dramatic heist on an Armaguard van at Richmond back in 1994. Police investigators executed a search…
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Inner-west studios throw open their doors
Studios across the inner west are opening their doors to the public this month for a weekend of art and adventure. The Open Studios in…
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Oil pollution fears after Little Gem sinks at Williamstown
Williamstown residents have accused authorities of being slow to act after an iconic Williamstown ferry sank and began spilling oil. The Little Gem, which previously…
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$10 microchip blitz at Altona North
PETstock is having a microchip blitz at its Altona North store on November 19 and 20, charging a $10 flat fee to microchip cats, dogs…
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Altona Meadows blitz nets $223,000
Two young men emerge from a battered Commodore and look around despondently. A police officer gets in the driver’s seat and moves the car out…
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Preparing midwives for western baby boom
A passionate Victoria University alumni is helping prepare the next generation of midwives to deal with the western suburbs’ baby boom. Val Dibella, manager of…
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Footscray Pop Up School celebrates all things cool
A one-day school of all things cool will pop up in the heart of Footscray this Saturday. Presented by the Public Pedagogies Institute, the inaugural…
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Warning over man touching himself in playground
Parents are warning people to be vigilant around a West Footscray park after witnessing a man touching himself as he watched children play. A concerned…
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Safety works never took place on Napier Street bridge
Two accidents in less than a week have renewed pressure on the state government to take action on Footscray’s notorious Napier Street bridge. The latest…
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Footbridge push under way to unite West Footscray
A community push is under way to unite the two halves of West Footscray via a footbridge over the railway lines. An online petition calling…
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Brimbank mayor takes swipe at Cairnlea asbestos dumpers
A Cairnlea mother may remove her son from his local primary school following the discovery of more asbestos at a nearby building site. Brimbank mayor…
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