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Brooklyn dust levels drop
Victoria’s most polluted suburb has recorded its lowest level of dust since recording started in 2009 – but it was still more than three times…
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Pupils buddy up with police
Footscray police have paired up with children at Dinjerra Primary School for some old-fashioned letter writing. Grades 4, 5 and 6 pupils at the Braybrook…
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Knitting baskets raise awareness
Knitting baskets with unfinished scarves in them are popping up around Hobsons Bay in a campaign to raise awareness of youth homelessness. The idea is…
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Program trials justice options
A voluntary mediation program that has the potential to bring victims of sexual assault face to face with offenders could be used by a western…
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Buyer seeks to remove covenant
An application has been lodged in the Supreme Court to modify a covenant on a landmark Altona house so six dwellings can be built on…
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Free public transport for students
Victoria University is backing free public transport for students after finding significant numbers of young people skip school because they can’t afford myki payments or…
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Prisoner’s appeal bid fails
A man has lost a bid to cut his prison sentence for cultivating more than 200 kilograms of cannabis. Sean Robert McGrath was sentenced to…
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Gunners show Altona City how to kick goals
Coaches trained by English soccer giant Arsenal visited Altona City last week to help develop young players’ technical skills and passion for the game. Altona…
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Food trucks on trial at Seaworks precinct
Food trucks are being trialled at Seaworks Maritime Precinct in Williamstown for the month of July, in a move that has upset traders. Seaworks executive…
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Council says no to funds for school theatre
Hobsons Bay council has voted 4-3 against allocating $100,000 in its budget towards Williamstown High School’s new theatre. Councillors Carl Marsich, Sandra Wilson and Jason…
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History beats hammers in Williamstown
Hobsons Bay council has refused an application to demolish the oldest house on the Strand in Williamstown. RBA Architects, acting for the owner, applied to…
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Kindred musical spirits
Eager young musicians from Melbourne’s west have hit the recording studio to record their version of Coldplay’s Viva la Vida. More than 30 singers, violinists…
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Brave Abbie battles on
For years, Seaholme’s Abbie Kinniburgh thought she was the only person in Australia born without a corpus callosum. Ms Kinniburgh, 25, has what’s known as…
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Men’s Shed reopens after $500,000 makeover
The Hobsons Bay Men’s Shed will reopen on July 9 after a $500,000 makeover. The “shed”, on the Truganina Explosives Reserve at Altona, is also…
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Unit, pokie plan panned
Maribyrnong council has slammed planning laws that have paved the way for Australia’s first development with residential apartments above a pokies venue. Councillors last…
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