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Less than half rates waivers granted
Less than half the Hobsons Bay ratepayers who applied for a rates waiver have received one this financial year to date.
Ninety eight ratepayers have applied for...
Queen’s Birthday Honours: Newport Cambodian NGO founder Katrina Gliddon
Newport's Katrina Gliddon has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the international community of Cambodia.
In 2010, she founded...
Queen’s Birthday Honours: Yarraville entrepreneur Lynda Ford
Yarraville entrepreneur Lynda Ford has been named in the Queen's Birthday Honours, receiving an OAM for service to Victoria's multicultural community.
Ms Ford is also known for...
Queen’s Birthday Honours: Maidstone Scouts commissioner John Wightwick
Maidstone’s John Wightwick planned to help out with Scouts for a few years.
More than three decades later, he has received an OAM for service to youth through...
Queen’s Birthday Honours: Williamstown architect Shelley Penn
A Williamstown architect who opposed high-rise development on the former Port Phillip Woollen Mill site has been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
Shelley Penn...
Couple caught in the act at nursing home carpark
A couple has escaped charges after being caught in the act in the carpark of a Hobsons Bay aged care facility.
Early on Sunday, June...
Steel yourself for blacksmith creations
This year's Blacksmiths Festival at Footscray has been postponed to April but sculptures from the #150mmChallengeAUS will be on display for the next month.
The...
Metro Melbourne restrictions to ease further
Melbourne's 25-kilometre travel limit will be removed and people will be able to welcome two adult visitors to their house each day from Friday.
Acting...
Laverton clinic increases Pfizer vaccine roll-out
A Laverton Commonwealth Vaccination Clinic this week started administering second doses of Pfizer.
Cohealth at Laverton Community Hub was one of four CVCs in Victoria administering Pfizer, as well...
Troops called in to monitor COVID-19 quarantine
Up to 160 extra Australian Defence Force members have been deployed to monitor COVID-19 quarantine, bringing the total number to 412.
Members are drawn from...
Queen’s Birthday Honours: Williamstown badminton stalwart Patricia ’Pat’ Daw
Williamstown’s Patricia ’Pat’ Daw has been awarded an OAM for service to badminton.
Western Suburbs Badminton Association honorary president since 1989, Ms Daw has served in...
Queen’s Birthday Honours: Williamstown disability advocate Keran Howe
Williamstown’s Keran Howe’s life changed when she was 19 – and she has devoted the rest of her life to helping others.
On Monday, she was...
Community rallies around Newport family
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to support the family of Newport dad Jim Vasiliadis who last month lost his fight with cancer.
Mr Vasiliadis, 56,...
Hobsons Bay council bin checks slammed
Some Hobsons Bay residents have taken to social media to protest about council workers inspecting their mixed recycling bins for contamination and a confusing...
Flooding in Werribee
Cottrell Street, Werribee is closed to traffic due to flooding from the Werribee River. Detours are in place.
Wyndham council will notify residents when...
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Singh Thatta technique approved
Healthcare workers who cannot shave due to religious, cultural or medical reasons now have a new technique they can use that allows them to...
