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Gas fury: Lawyers won’t make me back off, defiant mayor tells rally
IN a highly unusual move, Hobsons Bay mayor Tony Briffa last Saturday stood up before a rally at Newport and declared his opposition to methyl…
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Gas fury: 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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Sobering message: Footscray business puts people before profit
A FOOTSCRAY business owner is receiving wide praise for tearing up his liquor licence in dismay at problem drinking. Grant Miles, owner of Nicholson Street…
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East-west link: Priority funding urged
THE state government is urging the Gillard government to fund its proposed east-west road tunnel after the Australia’s independent infrastructure umpire put it on a…
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East-west link: Priority funding urged
THE state government is urging the Gillard government to fund its proposed east-west road tunnel after the Australia’s independent infrastructure umpire put it on a…
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Dock on the bay plans attacked
WILLIAMSTOWN residents are rallying against plans for a port they say will obliterate their city view, replacing it with a 1.8-kilometre line of container ships.…
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Cosplay: Living a double life
A new generation is reinventing role-playing games. Sarah Harris surveys the scene. IN the end Lillian, the creepy clockwork doll, had to die. It wasn’t…
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Cosplay: Living a double life
A new generation is reinventing role-playing games. Sarah Harris surveys the scene. IN the end Lillian, the creepy clockwork doll, had to die. It wasn’t…
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Williamstown plans whale of a time for benefit gig
WILLIAMSTOWN is celebrating its anti-whaling history, dating back to the arrival of a Confederate raider in 1865, with a fund-raising event for the Sea Shepherd…
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Theft-proof plate screws offered
DRIVERS can have numberplates fitted with one-way theft-proof screws for free on Saturday. Police will conduct Operation Safe Plate in the car park of Altona…
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Qenos moves to cut carbon emissions
FEDERAL Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Minister Greg Combet has praised Chinese-owned, Altona-based plastics manufacturer Qenos for investing $240 million on expansion and a cogeneration…
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Tasers and other weapons seized in Altona Meadows
POLICE seized 10 tasers and other weapons when a vehicle was intercepted in Altona Meadows on Saturday night. Seven sets of knuckle dusters and an…
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Hobsons Bay Council legal stoush costs soar
LEGAL costs in a feud between Hobsons Bay mayor Tony Briffa and Cr Peter Hemphill have blown out to more than $110,000. The Hemphill v…
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Hobsons Bay Council legal stoush costs soar
LEGAL costs in a feud between Hobsons Bay mayor Tony Briffa and Cr Peter Hemphill have blown out to more than $110,000. The Hemphill v…
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WRFL: Parkside aiming to reverse the horror of humiliating loss
PARKSIDE is one of the least hyped 10-1 win-ratio sides going around in local football at the minute. The Magpies have played second fiddle to…
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