My Brimbank: Matt Rodriguez
Matt Rodriguez has lived in Sydenham for 20 years, and is an early childhood educator. He spoke to Ewen McRae.
What is your connection to Brimbank?
I’ve...
Police investigate Burnside Heights robbery
Police are calling for assistance following an attempted armed robbery at a Burnside Heights café earlier this month.
Security footage shows two men arriving at...
Teens arrested for spate of burglaries
Two youths have been arrested in relation to a series of aggravated burglaries in Melbourne’s west in January.
Brimbank Crime Investigation Unit detectives arrested a 17-year-old...
Cruel blow still haunts Graeme “Porky” Brooke
Graeme “Porky” Brooke still hurts – but not physically.
The first cousin of Australian boxing great Lionel Rose gets emotional when he talks about how...
IN FOCUS: Caroline Chisholm’s happy versatility
The pros and cons of single-sex and mixed educational settings are often debated. A creative and practical solution adopted by Caroline Chisholm Catholic College offers a concentrated single-sex education from years 7 to 9 and a co-educational experience from years 10 to 12.
Mum’s sentencing pain
The mother of a Brookfield teenager fatally struck by a car last year has vowed to have the case re-opened after an unlicensed driver...
MY MOORABOOL: Matthew Grindrod
What is your connection to Moorabool?
We moved from Melbourne to Ballan after a visit to the Ballan Farmers Market one weekend. Ballan was buzzing...
Celebrating new heights
St Albans Heights Primary School is celebrating half a century of shaping young minds.
School principal Helen Otway said a big celebration is planned for...
Sydenham bridge a blank canvas
The search is on for an artist to help Sydenham’s newest road bridge come to life.
Artists are being invited to submit expressions of interest...
Great idea is a big help
Western Health has celebrated the launch of an initiative helping those in greatest need.
The organisation’s new website, The Greatest Need Project, went live at...
Letting their hair down
Students at Keilor Downs College have added colour and flare to their hair, all in the name of charity.
Fifty students from the school took...
Airport noise drives curfew plea
Fed up Keilor residents are continuing to push for a solution to noise caused by planes at Melbourne Airport.
The suburb lies just a few...
Mental health ‘first aid’ for family
The Taylors Lakes Lions Club is offering support for the families and friends of those suffering a mental illness.
The club will hold a dinner...
Art of good neighbours
Two Sunshine sisters have turned their love of their neighbourhood into colourful works of art.
The artworks created by Ruby, 9, and Willow, 7 will...
Crime dive in Brimbank
Brimbank crime has fallen to its lowest level in six years.
There were 17,149 criminal offences recorded in the municipality for the year ending December,...
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Gears shift on cannabis driving
Victorians prescribed medicinal cannabis will soon be able to drive without fear of mandatory loss of licence if unimpaired behind the wheel.
On October 31,...
