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Facebook wipes Australian news content in new law showdown
Australian Facebook users have been blocked from accessing news sites via their social media feeds in a dramatic escalation of the tech giant’s stand-off...
Cruickshank Park ‘caretakers’ honoured
A couple which more than 50 years ago started campaigning to create the urban oasis that is Yarraville’s Cruickshank Park has been named Maribyrnong...
Altona North train station call
Hobsons Bay council is lobbying the state government for new train stations to service the areas of Altona North, Newport west and Brooklyn.
Altona North's...
End of an era
It is the end of an era as ExxonMobil announced it would close its Altona refinery after 72 years to become an import terminal,...
Mural recalls Greek history
A giant mural celebrating Yarraville's Greek heritage has gone up on a corner pharmacy, as part of a project collecting local stories for a...
Victoria to come out of circuit breaker lockdown
Victoria’s “short, sharp circuit breaker" lockdown will be over from 11.59pm tonight.
Premier Daniel Andrews this morning announced there were no new cases of COVID-19,...
Product limits announced by Victorian supermarkets
Major supermarkets have reinstated purchase limits on a range of products deemed essential as Victoria enters stage 4 lockdown.
Woolworths Victoria assistant state manager...
Lockdown waiting game
Victoria is "well-placed" to end its snap five-day lockdown tomorrow, Premier Daniel Andrews announced today.
Two new cases of COVID-19 were recorded, with the state...
‘SloFo WeFo’ Slow Food Melbourne Farmers’ Market goes ahead
Melbourne's newest Slow Food Melbourne Farmers' Market has been dubbed the SloFo WeFo Farmers' Market, to connect to the West Footscray community on its...
Lockdown causes heartache for Valentine’s Day
A restaurant owner says he will be $20,000 out-of-pocket due to an influx of Valentine's Day cancellations after the state government announced a return...
Victoria to re-enter stage four lockdown
Victorians will begin a five-day stage four lockdown from 11.59pm tonight in response to the “hyper-infectious” UK variant of coronavirus.
Premier Daniel Andrews announced this...
Residents to unload on four-bin rubbish and recycling system
Hobsons Bay council will spend up to $60,000 to ask every resident and ratepayer how they feel about the new four-bin waste and recycling...
Witness appeal after motorcyclist injured at Laverton
Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist was injured in a crash on the Princes Freeway at Laverton on Wednesday.
Emergency services were called...
Woman charged with Williamstown stabbing
An Altona Meadows woman has been charged with the stabbing of a Williamstown man early last Thursday morning.
The woman, 47, was taken into custody...
We’re going to Grazeland in March
Melbourne's newest food precinct, Grazeland, is opening at Spotswood on March 5.
Located next to Scienceworks, Grazeland will span over 10,000 square metres and will...
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Sleepless in Footscray
Footscray’s Sleepless Festival is returning for 2025 and is calling all artists, creatives and nightcrawlers to get involved in the non-profit community arts event.
The...
