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Oak Park, Broadmeadows men held over assault after Comancheros raids
Two men – one from Oak Park and the other from Broadmeadows – were arrested over an alleged serious assault during raids on Melbourne clubhouses…
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Maribyrnong deputy mayor says race act switch a step backward
Maribyrnong deputy mayor Nam Quach has launched a passionate plea that federal Attorney General George Brandis withdraw proposed amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act, claiming…
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Williamstown mill row: Residents plan court action
Williamstown residents may launch a Supreme Court action after the state’s planning tribunal last week approved a 128-dwelling, 10-storey tower for the former Port Phillip…
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Yarraville artist Maree Clarke in prized position
She’s made this year’s shortlist, but Maree Clarke already knows what it takes to win the Victorian Indigenous Art Awards. A former awards judge, the…
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Footscray-Melbourne CBD tram plan ‘a winner’
With the state election four months away, Maribyrnong council is calling on the state government to commit to a direct tram connection between Footscray and…
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East West Link: Warning of community backlash
Construction of a freeway linking Melbourne’s east and west could begin next year following the state government’s call for tenders on the western section of…
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Public housing wait may never end, agency warns
Western suburbs families and single people on public housing waiting lists are living without basic services and using up to 80 per cent of their…
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MH17 disaster: Condolence books at Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong
Condolence books for the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are at all Hobsons Bay libraries and the civic centre for signing. Flags at the…
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Altona Pier Street apartment project bid goes to VCAT
A developer has appealed to the state’s tribunal to let it build a seven-storey apartment block in Pier Street after Hobsons Bay council said the…
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Commonwealth Games: Maribyrnong netballer flags a fine time at Glasgow
Maribyrnong College’s Arabella Williams will be flying the flag for the west at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, starting on Thursday (Melbourne time). The…
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Laverton: Federal childcare funding cut hits mums
Women could be forced out of work by the rising cost of childcare in order to care for their own children, according to Laverton Community…
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Altona: Reward offered for info on bookshop assault on Jill Brookes
Sunday marked the two-year anniversary of the near-fatal bashing of Altona bookshop owner Jill Brookes. No one has been charged over the attack, but detectives…
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Yarraville: A fanciful idea pops up as top artists join forces
Some of Maribyrnong’s leading artists, designers and craftmakers have joined forces. Stocking only locally crafted products from a pop-up shop in Yarraville Village, Far Fetched…
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Laverton North death mystery: Woman still awaiting answers
A Werribee woman is hoping two unknown drivers could hold the key to explaining her husband’s death. For Lynette Flowers, the date November 10, 2011,…
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Altona robbery: Police hunt for two men
Police have released images of two men they want to speak to after two men were robbed within five minutes of each other in Altona…
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