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A wish and 1400 cranes for atom bomb victims
Altona Primary School pupils have made 1400 paper peace cranes to mark the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima…
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Williamstown shipyard job woes deepen
About 150 job losses are expected at Williamstown’s naval shipyard in the wake of the federal government’s announcement of a $40 billion continuous shipbuilding program…
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Silent protest to Yarraville paid parking
Residents boycotted Maribyrnong council’s final community forum before the council introduces paid parking in Yarraville next week. The council hand-picked 13 representatives of interested parties…
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Good support for Daffodil Day
A bunch of job-seekers are raising money for charity while honing their skills by creating daffodils with a difference. A Good Support – a not-for-profit…
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Click away for Stony Creek photo competition
Shutterbugs are being urged to capture the life and times of Yarraville’s Stony Creek. Friends of Stony Creek president Steve Wilson (pictured) said a photographic…
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Pupils show the way to engage
Pupils at St Mary’s Parish Primary School want the Williamstown community to share the love this month through a project to help 1500 families. The…
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Students on mission to eradicate education diadvantage
Sophia D’Ambra is on a mission to eradicate education disadvantage, starting with Melton Secondary College. Ms D’Ambra is a Teach for Australia (TFA) associate on…
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Training institution closes over alleged rorts
A Footscray training institution has been shut down and its owner charged with a string of offences over an alleged multi-million dollar student visa rorting…
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80 jobs to go at Footscray garment factory
Eighty workers at a West Footscray uniform factory face will lose their jobs when the company closes its doors at the end of next month.…
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Deja vu as fire destroys historic rail carriages
Fire has again struck the Newport rail yards, with two historic rail carriages destroyed in a suspicious blaze which ripped through a shed early this morning.…
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Driver killed in three-car crash in Maribyrnong
A man has died following a head-on car crash in Maribyrnong on Saturday night. Police at the scene of the fatal collision believe a car travelling…
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Man killed after driving wrong way on freeway
Police were unable to prevent a fatal head-on collision after a man was spotted driving on the wrong side of the Princes Freeway on Friday morning.…
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Climate change under the microscope
What can we do about climate change … and why should we care? These and many more such questions go under the microscope of science…
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Truck curfew information session this Saturday
VicRoads may have a tough sell on its hands its second of two community information session in Footscray this week on the effectiveness of truck…
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Win for police brutality claimant
An Ethiopian man who alleges he was a victim of police brutality and racism six years ago in Williamstown has won an appeal to have…
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