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The writing’s on the wall

THE answer may have been blowin' in the wind for Bob Dylan, but for one Footscray researcher the wind has been blowin' only questions.Stefan...

Mental health patients ‘languish’ in waiting rooms

MANY Maribyrnong mental health patients are still waiting more than eight hours to receive care at Sunshine Hospital.March quarter performance data revealed 96...

Parents ‘relieved’ by ruling on baby death

A HEARTBROKEN Footscray mother has welcomed a coroner's finding that her baby's death could have been prevented if staff at Sunshine Hospital had monitored...

Hands off TAFE, crowd and postcards declare

STUDENTS, staff and the wider community yesterday joined in a protest against the state government's $300 million cuts to TAFE funding.A...

Chaouk aquitted as court slams ‘oppressive’ police

A MEMBER of the Chaouk crime family has been acquitted of gun and drug offences after a Melbourne judge ruled the conduct of police...

Chaouk aquitted as court slams ‘oppressive’ police

A MEMBER of the Chaouk crime family has been acquitted of gun and drug offences after a Melbourne judge ruled the conduct of police...

Village elders: keepers of wisdom

They have the wisdom of lived experience, knowledge passed into their care, and a responsibility to ensure younger generations never forgot where their story...

Keepers of wisdom: hear’s to our village elders

They have the wisdom of lived experience, knowledge passed into their care, and a responsibility to ensure younger generations never forgot where their story...

Cricket: Less overs, shorter days for Premier Cricket

CRICKET Victoria has approved a number of changes to its Premier Cricket competition to take affect from 2012-13.The most significant move was to shorten...

VCAT rejects Altona apartment plan

PLANS for a four-storey apartment block at the corner of Queen and Davies streets in Altona have been rejected by the Victorian Civil and...

Footscray in upset of the season

FOOTSCRAY has produced the upset of the Lacrosse Victoria men's state league season so far with a 15-10 win over arch-rivals Williamstown at Angliss...

Melbourne Aces head home to Laverton

ELITE baseball will make its long-awaited return to the west this summer.Last season's Australian Baseball League runners-up Melbourne Aces will call Laverton home when...

WRFL: Yarraville-Seddon Eagles relish life in the fast lane

YARRAVILLE-SEDDON holds down first, then it's daylight second in a Western Region Football League division 2 competition that's fast turning into a one-horse race.The...

Favourite Altona bows out

ALTONA went into the Saturday's Hockey Victoria women's state league 1 clash against Camberwell at Matlock Reserve full of confidence and tagged as favourites.They...

FFV: Altona tames Lions in magical performance

ALTONA Magic hardly put a foot wrong in a 3-0 dismantling of Bulleen Lions in a Football Federation Victoria men's state league 1 encounter...

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Partnering up to prevent sexual violence

WestCASA (Western Centre Against Sexual Assault) has received a grant to partner with LaTrobe University for an initiative to improve engagement with Culturally and...