Big names ride Tullamarine waves
Australia’s first wave pool surfing event will be held at Tullamarine’s Urbnsurf this weekend.
The Melrose Drive surf park has joined forces with Surfing Victoria...
Plan to boost women’s sports activity
Councils in Melbourne’s west have joined together to come up with a five-year plan to increase the number of girls and women involved in...
Council’s unite over soil
Brimbank and Melton councils have told the state government to look away from the west when it comes to finding a place to store...
Walking with purpose
With the memory of her brave husband front of mind, Deer Park woman Nicole Fyfe is putting on her runners and walking with purpose.
Ms...
Take a walk for our hospitals
“In sickness and in health” – the words most of us associate with marriage vows. But for Kealba husband and wife Deb and Hilmi,...
Mosque opens its doors
The Sunshine Mosque is opening its doors to the wider community.
The annual open day coincides with the one year anniversary of the Christchurch massacre.
Sunshine...
Airport noise could be reduced
Keilor residents say moving Melbourne airport’s proposed third runway by 600 metres would reduce noise concerns.
The Keilor Residents and Ratepayers Association commissioned an acoustics...
Gas shock: Answers demanded
A senior MP has labelled the Sunshine landfill toxic gas revelation as a “time bomb” and called for a judicial inquiry.
In February, Star Weekly...
Denton Avenue residents left in the dark
Residents of Denton Avenue say years of silence, followed by the drip feeding of information, has only raised concerns about what lies beneath their...
Teens arrested after gym thefts
Police have charged two teenagers following a number of alleged thefts and vehicle thefts from gymnasiums in the west last month.
The alleged offences occurred...
Licence testing returns
A three-year fight to return licence testing to Brimbank has come to an end, largely thanks to the efforts of one man.
Sunshine resident Peter...
Former Brimbank mayor resigns
Brimbank councillor Lucinda Congreve has resigned from office.
The former mayor's resignation, which is effective immediately, comes just months out from local government elections.
Ms Congreve...
Patient burnt after fire breaks out in operating room
A 72-year-old patient undergoing surgery at Sunshine Hospital is in a critical condition after she suffered burns when a fire broke out in the...
Dumped, now feline fine
Liam and Thomas are all heart, which is more than can be said for those who dumped the then one-week old kittens...
Health risk low: council
Brimbank council has emphasised that the health risk to residents impacted by the Sunshine landfill methane issue is low.
A 2013 EPA report, seen by...
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Learning lessons from Braybrook’s past
In 1954, at just 16 days old, Trevor Cunningham and his family were some of the first residents of the new suburb, Braybrook.
In his...
