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Engines kickstart Bayside College students’ job prospects
Students from the Newport campus of Bayside P-12 College and Point Cook Senior and The Grange colleges will be able to train to be diesel…
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New chapter for Newport e-book library plans
Save Newport Library last week held its first meeting to plan the next phase of its campaign against Hobsons Bay council’s proposal for a library…
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Altona Loop: We don’t want to wait, says group
More than 150 commuters at a community meeting in Altona have called for partial duplication of the Werribee line through non-residential areas to improve the…
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Altona Loop: Bypasses save time, says Metro chief
Metro’s chief executive is waiting for a train at Altona station. It’s Thursday night and Andrew Lezala has just attended a forum organised by the…
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Footscray truck traffic sleep-in protest is a wake-up call
UPDATE: Weary residents will stage a “sleep-in” on a busy Footscray truck route in a bid to win night-time curfews. Residents in sleeping bags and…
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West Footscray railway station earmarked for ‘rejuvenation’
The Napthine government has selected 10 Melbourne railway stations it wants to see rejuvenated with a mix of apartments, shops and offices in a project…
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Hobsons Bay prison officer proves an inspiration
A youth development officer at Victoria’s maximum security prison for men has been named one of Hobsons Bay’s most inspiring women. Anne Hooker, who has…
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Footscray wonder wall plans set in motion
One of the most ambitious mural projects undertaken in Footscray is officially under way. Footscray animator and community artist Christie Anditama Widiarto is spearheading the…
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Newport readers rally against a world without ‘real’ books
Hobsons Bay council has agreed to consult the community after facing strong opposition to plans for a new library with no books at Newport. The…
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Kids get circus lessons in the art of play
The Footscray-based Women’s Circus has teamed up with local children to breathe new life into the west’s public playgrounds. In the Art of Play project…
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Action group wants Maribyrnong council dissolved
Maribyrnong residents fed up with being a “laughing stock” because of the area’s high property rates have called for the council to be dissolved. The…
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Aid all sewn up for Ugandan women’s refuge
Four women of the Hobsons Bay Community Advancement Co-operative are raising money to furnish a women’s refuge they helped to build in Uganda. Tricia Salau,…
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Neglected Altona loop passengers sceptical over Metro’s ‘good news’
Melbourne public transport operator Metro is rumoured to be announcing “good news” at public meeting tonight (March 20) organised by people angered at the neglect…
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Food for thought in truck justice campaign
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) yesterday launched a campaign to crowdfund $100,000 for a “food justice truck” delivering discounted food to people living on…
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Williamstown, Altona North raids yield drugs, cash, arrests
Properties in Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong were raided by police early yesterday morning as part of an operation targeting a Middle Eastern crime syndicate. More…
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