Newport
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Casting call: house and stars sought for NASA short films
Two noted Newport filmmakers are seeking actors and a 1940s house in the lead-up to a NASA short-film competition. Tom Vogel and Jerry Creaney are…
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Great expectations: 25 Elphin Street, Newport, 3015
High-end detail and innovative choices set within a traditional facade create spaces custom made for a design-savvy family.
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7-Eleven fined for fuel leak at Newport
7-Eleven Stores Pty Ltd has been fined more than $7700 for failing to clean up fuel contamination in groundwater under its Newport store. The Environment…
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‘Brave’ girls fight off man who tried to abduct them from Newport park
Two “brave” nine-year-old girls bit and kicked a stranger who tried to abduct them from a residential street in Melbourne’s south-west earlier this month. Detective…
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Sounds of steel Way out West
Legendary Australian slide guitarist Dom Turner will join Nikki Brown from Ohio – the woman dubbed the “Jimi Hendrix of Sacred Steel” – in a…
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Blackshaws redemption: 195 Blackshaws Road Newport
Blackshaws Road has gone through a metamorphosis. New builds line the road from start to finish, possibly due to its proximity to Newport Lakes and…
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Newport childcare hub wins VCAT nod
A two-storey childcare centre in the midst of residential homes has been approved on appeal to the state’s planning tribunal. The Victorian Civil and Administrative…
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Dim view of dieting
Newport mother-of-two Sarah Vincent was on her way to get her daily dim sims when she had an epiphany. That was three years ago when…
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My Place: Craig Marshall
Newport’s Craig Marshall will this month abseil 27 storeys down Melbourne’s St James building for Anglicare’s Altitude Shift event to raise money for young people…
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Top offering in Newport
A 22-bedroom Newport property is expected to set a new price record for the suburb. Newport’s oldest building, at 481 Melbourne Road, is currently used…
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Rocksteady for Newport
Mik Weir (pictured) is geared up for the Newport Ska, Reggae and Rocksteady Festival at the Substation on Sunday, March 19. Jamaican rocksteady duo Keith…
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From Newport to Barcelona
Nine-year-old Newport girl Isabelle Bitsikas is heading for Barcelona to compete for a world title after being crowned a Dancer of the Year in the…
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Back to school for cyclists in Newport
Even seasoned cyclists can get caught out when it comes to road laws and traffic safety. Last year, a cyclist lost a Melbourne Magistrates Court…
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Newport stars bound for the World Cup
Three members of Newport’s back-to-back state league premiership-winning team have been selected to represent Australia at the 2017 Women’s Lacrosse World Cup in England this…
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VCAT rejects Newport childcare centre near fuel terminal
The state’s planning tribunal has expressed surprise at the lack of Victorian guidelines as it refused a permit to build a Newport childcare centre near a…
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