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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 mental…
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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 her…
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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 rally held at…
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Truck curfew squeeze creates new bulge
A MEANINGFUL review of truck curfews on Yarraville streets is hamstrung by a lack of proper infrastructure, according to Greens MP Colleen Hartland. But Liberal…
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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 investigators…
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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 investigators…
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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 began.…
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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 began.…
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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…
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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 Administrative…
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Spotswood gas plan ‘a kick in the guts’, residents say
ABOUT 200 residents turned out to an emotionally charged rally at Newport on Saturday, outraged at plans to use a lethal ozone-depleting gas near their…
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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 Reserve…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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