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Airport West: Six arrested over police van ramming
Six people are in custody after a police car was repeatedly rammed in Airport West in the early hours of Thursday morning. The dramatic ordeal…
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By Goya Dmytryshchakand Benjamin Millar Inner-west roads and schools were winners in Tuesday’s state budget. From $16 million allocated this year, the biggest single spend…
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Truck traffic may halve
By Benjamin Millar Inner-west truck traffic could be halved within five years with plans for a new $5 billion freeway and tunnel beneath Yarraville. The…
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Truck pollution link to cancer
Cancer experts are calling for greater action to reduce the deadly cancer risk caused by the 21,000 trucks travelling through Melbourne’s inner-west each day. In…
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Hobsons Bay council’s new jobs spur belt-tightening demand
A Hobsons Bay councillor has expressed concern about five new positions costing $425,000 and warned the council it needs to tighten its belt ahead of…
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Footscray: Couple dread Ballarat Road unit block
An elderly couple is pleading with developers to hold off on construction of a five-storey apartment complex next to their Footscray home. Neville and Gladys…
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Village meters go to tender
Paid parking is likely to be introduced in Yarraville by September, according to tender documents released by Maribyrnong council. The council is seeking to install…
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Footscray: Laneway bar gets go-ahead from council
Renowned Melbourne hospitality entrepreneur Jerome Borazio has the green light to open a new bar at Footscray. Despite the proposal raising 31 objections, last Tuesday’s…
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Williamstown landmark on The Strand threatened
Williamstown residents are opposing a proposal to remove the oldest house on The Strand. Hobsons Bay council has received an application to partially demolish the…
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Carjack victim terrified
By Goya Dmytryshchak A man, who was carjacked at knife-point in Altona Meadows before being driven to a secluded Altona carpark, waited terrified for six…
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A dairy good time
Arty kids such as Josh, at Rosamond School, are milking every chance they can find to decorate a canvas with a difference – a life-size…
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Williamstown ‘gem’ in Alfred Place up for sale
It’s better to have the worst house in the best street than the best house in the worst street, the old real estate adage goes.…
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Tax scam warning Altona residents have been hit by a phone scam, receiving cold calls from someone purporting to be from the Australian Taxation Office.…
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Nelson Place ghost-town fears
By Goya Dmytryshchak Free parking days and a mid-week reduction in fees have been suggested as ways of getting Williamstown’s Nelson Place out of a…
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Altona’s caring stalwart
By Goya Dmytryshchak John Maxwell “Max” Kidd has been remembered as a luminary of the Altona community whose passion for rugby union was exceeded only…
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