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Altona junior star blazes girls’ footy trail
ALTONA Junior Football Club midfielder Shae-Lee Murphy-Burke last week visited Altona Primary School on a recruitment drive for more girls to take up Australian rules…
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Dental clinic setback leaves west’s most vulnerable in lurch
DENTAL services for some of the west’s most vulnerable people are under threat after the state government failed to fund a much-needed relocation of a…
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Savage TAFE cuts to hit west battlers hardest
SAVAGE cuts of up to $29million in Victoria University TAFE funding announced in the state budget will make it harder for students from low-income and…
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MP acts on axed Williamstown High autism student Luke Schroder
“IT’S stupid and unfair – all I want to do is go to school.” They are the words of Williamstown boy Luke Schroder, whose unique…
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Altona vandalism spree ‘disgusts’ Diggers
DIGGERS have expressed “absolute disgust” at the desecration of Altona cenotaph during a rampage that is believed to have started with a house being gutted…
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Ferry tale or answer to west’s traffic woes?
OVERCROWDED trains and traffic jams may become a thing of the past for western suburbs residents with the state government looking at the feasibility of…
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Western suburbs autism school plan takes shape
LAVERTON P-12 College principal Neil Sproal yesterday visited an autism school at Wantirna in Melbourne’s east as plans take shape for a prep-to-year12 autism school…
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Four arrested over uploaded Altona Meadows sex assault
FOUR people have been arrested over an alleged sexual assault at Altona Meadows in January. Investigators from Footscray’s sexual offence and child investigation team (SOCIT)…
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Maribyrnong River friends rejoice as funding flows
AN investment in the Maribyrnong River has been welcomed by its users, a ‘Friends-of’ group and local businesses. Last week, the state government announced $1.04million…
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Life first, diabetes second for Altona medal winner
LIVING with type1 diabetes for 50 years is no mean feat and an achievement that hasn’t gone unnoticed for Patricia Aitken. The Altona resident is…
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Seddon photographer tells his West side story
TO SOME, it’s ugly, but it’s ours. And that makes it beautiful. ‘It’ being the people, the places and the way of life that identify…
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WRFL: Division 1 juggernauts ready to rumble
THE wait is over. The most anticipated game of the Western Region Football League division 1 season has arrived. Spotswood, the premiership favourite and champion…
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WRFL: Eagles leave Hawks without a feather to fly
YARRAVILLE-SEDDON has emerged nigh on untouchable in the first five rounds of the Western Region Football League division 2 season. The Eagles tore apart injury-hit…
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WRFL: Round 5 scoreboard
Division 1: Altona 19.6 (120) d St Albans 7.6 (48) Altona: Goals: M. Turnbull 3, B. Comeadow, R. Green, T. Lunardi, B. Shiels, Z. Kadour,…
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Best of west wrestle for bragging rights
WHO is the best in the west? All will be revealed when Altona takes on Footscray in Hockey Victoria’s version of the “western derby” on…












