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Surprise Yarraville visit by Tarantino and friends
Quentin Tarantino fans received a shock treat on Monday night when the cult Hollywood director made a surprise visit to Yarraville to discuss his new…
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Job fears at Braybrook over Masters decision
About 100 jobs in Braybrook are in jeopardy in the wake of a decision by Woolworths to offload or close its troubled Masters stores.…
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Swimmers rescued at Altona beach
Fifteen swimmers were rescued at Altona beach on Wednesday as wild winds whipped up waves and ripped beach tents from the sand, sending people running…
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Pageant on its way
Newport will host the Miss Gay and Miss Transsexual Australia pageant as part of this month’s Midsumma Festival. Deer Park nurse J.O. Rojas (pictured), the…
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Xander rides for poverty
Williamstown’s Xander Schmitz is the youngest cyclist in next month’s three-day 25000spins Great Ocean Road Challenge, riding from Geelong to Warrnambool to raise money for…
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Braybrook: Plans afoot after playground destroyed by arsonists
Plans to build a new playground in Braybrook are being finalised after a suspected arson attack destroyed the existing playground at Lance Reichstein Reserve just…
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‘All gender toilet’ creates storm
Victoria University’s first all-gender toilet has created a campus-wide storm as vocal critics and defenders clash over the installation. The conversion last week of…
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Altona: Kids fishing clinic does more than catch fish
The thing about fishing is that it does more than catch fish. That’s The Thing About Fishing (TTTAF), a not-for-profit organisation, is holding a kids…
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Wedding hoons terrorise West Footscray residents
Police are continuing to investigate claims that wedding party hoons “terrorised” West Footscray and Yarraville streets. Videos of the scene posted on Facebook show…
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Tangled webs rewoven
A dark tale of family relationships has earned a Footscray writer a prestigious short story prize. Barry Lee Thompson, above, wrote the first version of…
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Student anger at VU error
Victoria University has been forced to apologise to thousands of prospective students after mistakenly suggesting they had been offered early entry to courses due…
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World champion whipcracker
Just months after Altona whipcracker Nathan ‘Whippy’ Griggs (above) won a Guinness world record for Australia, his American arch-rival snatched it back. So Mr Griggs…
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Road deaths on the rise
A quarter of road deaths recorded during the 22-day Victoria Police holiday road blitz happened in Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong. Assistant Commissioner Doug Fryer…
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Projecting an old experience
The cinematic grandeur of the 1940s and ’50s returns to The Sun Theatre this week with the screening of Quentin Tarantino’s new bloody western, The…
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Lifejacket safety call
Maritime safety authorities are urging boat users to wear a lifejacket even if they don’t legally have to, after an elderly man and his dog…
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