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Executive pay packets top MPs
By Goya Dmytryshchak Western suburbs’ council chief executives are paid more than Premier Daniel Andrews, whose $296,420 base salary is double that of a state…
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Hospital having a ball
The Williamstown Hospital ball will return as a one-off event next month, to raise the final $200,000 needed for a $2.2 million upgrade. Actor and…
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Clubs push back on land deal
By Goya Dmytryshshchak More than 1200 people have signed a petition calling on Hobsons Bay council to re-engage with Mobil to acquire land in Williamstown…
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Statue levelled in crash
A driver made an escape after his car burst into flames as it crashed into a World War I memorial at Footscray Park on Friday.…
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Newsa in brief
Container depot for Brooklyn A $10 million shipping and container storage site almost four times the size of the MCG oval will be built in…
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JMAL fined for workplace death
By Goya Dmytryshchak A Sunshine North towing and transportation company has been fined $275,000 in the Melbourne Magistrates Court after the death of an employee…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Story time Cafe Craft and Caffeine, located at 16a Herbert Avenue, Hoppers Crossing, hosts story time every Thursday and Friday at 10.30am. Young ones can…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
40 years ago August 3, 1977 Residents of the Princes Highway area near Hoppers Crossing will ask the Minister for Local Government to intervene and…
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Robbery investigation Police are investigating a robbery which occurred at a bus stop on K Road, Werribee South on July 8. About 2.20pm, a man…
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Callea sings city’s praises
Things sure have changed since Anthony Callea lived in Werribee. Callea, who shot to fame in 2004 after coming runner-up in Australian Idol, said he…
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Cash for trash passes
By Charlene Macaulay A black market of Werribee tip passes has cropped up online. An investigation by Star Weekly revealed a number of residents trying…
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NEW ARRIVALS
Parents Huseyin and Christine, of Truganina, welcomed their little one Ali into the world on July 25. Ali weighed 3.531 kilograms at birth.
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Community calendar
Artist talk Renowned artist Geoffrey Ricardo will talk about his public art commission, Spirits of Time and Place, featuring giant sculptures along the new Kororoit…
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Gig Guide
Smokehouse 101 Friday, August 4 Local songwriter Zerafina Zara and The Alleged Associates play live, up close and personal, every Friday. Family friendly. From 7pm,…
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Subbie does the rounds
Retired champion racehorse Subzero did a lap of Hobsons Bay schools last week. Affectionately known as Subbie, the gentle gelding won the 1992 Melbourne Cup.…
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