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Footscray’s women organisation wins grant
McAuley Community Services for Women will share in $100,000 in grants given to 10 local Melbourne organisations by Metro Trains. Metro Trains announced the winners…
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Moon Dog kicks on
Moon Dog’s Karl van Buuren has labelled Maribyrnong council’s decision to the brewery’s planning permit as a big surprise. As reported by Star Weekly, Moon…
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Williamstown beach petition recieved
Hobsons Bay councillors unanimously voted to receive a new petition requesting council upgrade the public facilities in the Williamstown beach precinct. The electronic petition contained…
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LeadWest advocacy continues
Mayor Sarah Carter and Deputy Mayor Cuc Lam represented the city of Maribyrnong at a LeadWest advocacy event held at Parliament House. They joined the…
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Council wants more mental health support
Maribyrnong council has acknowledged the mental health crisis developing across the municipality, as revealed in the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2021 census. At a…
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New towers light up Maribyrnong
Both Scovell and Pennell reserves have been fitted with new flood lighting towers to enable night time training and competition to take place. This means…
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Waste charges to rise
Waste collection and disposal charges in Hobsons Bay will rise by 7.7 per cent next financial year to help pay for the four-bin system introduced…
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Heritage overlay abandoned
The Maribyrnong community has emerged victorious following council’s decision to abandon the West Footscray inter-war and post-war heritage overlay. The overlay would have resulted in…
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Residents told to avoid Kororoit Creek
On Wednesday afternoon, June 21, The Environmental Protection Authority Victoria was called to a factory in Brooklyn to reports of a chemical leak. At 4.08pm…
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Maribyrnong pulls the pin on medicinal cannabis plans
Maribyrnong council won’t be entering the medicinal cannabis industry. As reported by Star Weekly, councillors voted in September 2021 to entre the medicinal cannabis industry…
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Maribyrnong welcomes a ‘responsible’ budget
Maribyrnong councillor Michael Clarke has labelled council’s 2023-24 budget as being “remarkably responsible”. Council adopted the budget during its meeting on Tuesday, June 20. The…
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Women’s grassroots programs empowered
The Braybrook community will benefit from an investment in grassroots community projects which support and empower women and improve gender equality. Firty-four community and women’s…
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Become a Justice of the Peace for the Maribyrnong community
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is looking to appoint new Justices of the Peace (JPs) in the Maribyrnong area. Justice of the Peace…
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Tackling family violence
A new project is on the way for Melbourne’s West featuring a collaboration between two of Victoria’s leading community organisations. InTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family…
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Braybrook College applauded
Braybrook College has taken out two accolades at the 2023 ResourceSmart Schools Awards held in Melbourne on Thursday, June 15. The sustainability-savvy school won the…
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