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Hobsons Bay councillors not sacked says CEO
Hobsons Bay councillors have been spared the sack despite the Local Government Inspectorate indicating they were due to be disqualified within a fortnight. Confusion reigned…
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Hopes for an artist-focused festival replacing Big West in doubt
Plans for a new artist-focused festival to replace the retired Big West Festival are in the pipeline but artists say the idea could be undermined if…
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Yarraville residents block roads in truck protest
Hundreds of residents have shut down a busy Yarraville intersection in protest against the state government’s refusal to announce blanket truck bans on local roads…
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State Roads Minister dismisses Maribyrnong residents’ truck protests
The State Roads Minister has raised the ire of Maribyrnong residents complaining about trucks on residential streets by claiming they are “playing Kumbaya with the Greens”.…
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Newport pet shop ordered to remove sign from its frontage
A Newport pet shop has been given four months to remove a large purple advertising sign from its frontage on Melbourne Road. The Victorian Civil…
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Parents anger over missed kindergarten offers
Maribyrnong council has defended its method of allocating kindergarten places despite criticism from parents who have missed out on their preferred options. Maidstone mother Dianne…
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Father sues VicRoads over son Allem Halkic’s death
The father of an Altona Meadows teenager who died after jumping from the West Gate Bridge in 2009 is suing VicRoads for his loss and…
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$500,000 reward to solve 1980s attacks on elderly Newport woman
By Emily Woods/The Age Police have offered a $500,000 reward to find a man who raped an elderly Newport woman twice in two years in…
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Better buys with fewer bedrooms in Williamstown
Home buyers able to consider a two-bedroom house can still find Williamstown affordable, new figures from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) suggest. Data…
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Leaders’ accord hits back at crime in Hobsons Bay
Hobsons Bay police and the council have developed the first community safety accord aimed at reducing crime in the city. The collaboration comes as new…
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Council initiative helps reunite lost dogs with their owners
A Hobsons Bay council initiative will mean lost pets that are registered and microchipped can be reunited directly with their owners instead of being impounded…
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Maribyrnong residents edgy about Bulldogs pokies
The Western Bulldogs are resisting calls by Maribyrnong residents to take steps to ensure their suburb isn’t flooded with pokies. The AFL club is seeking…
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Adara seeks to stoke pokies fears: residents
Residents have slammed developers for fanning concerns about pokies in order to ram through an “unacceptable” development at Maribyrnong. Residents Against Inappropriate Development in Maribyrnong…
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Braybrook man charged after counter-terrorism raid
A Braybrook man has become Australia’s first alleged right-wing extremist to be charged under federal anti-terrorism laws. Phillip Galea, 31, was arrested in a counter-terrorism…
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Ballan District Health & Care builds a healthy town
As far back as 1944, the people of Ballan recognised an acute need for a local hospital,so they set about raising the funds. They wanted…
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