Brimbank SES ‘undermanned and cash strapped’
Brimbank’s State Emergency Services unit is desperately undermanned, cash-strapped and in need of another base in the area, its unit controller believes.
Controller Claudelle Dalgleish...
Braybrook craftspeople show their wares
Up to 10 Braybrook artisans and creative artists, including a former building manager and a secondary school teacher, will take over Central West shopping...
Six-figure EPA fine for Brooklyn meat company
A Brooklyn meat rendering company is more than $1 million out of pocket after agreeing to pay the Environment Protection Authority nearly $820,000 in estimated...
Taylors Hill veteran soldiers on
Despite having few artistic inclinations over the years, Afghanistan veteran Michael Williams has found solace in a set of paintbrushes, oils and a blank...
RSL celebrates 100 years
For more than three decades, there were no new Returned Services League sub-branches opened around Victoria.
So when Peter Burquest and two other men decided...
Police shortage leads to personal safety fears
When Amelia moved to Caroline Springs last year, she hoped it would be the perfect suburb to raise a family.
But the rising crime rate,...
Kororoit football clubs set to receive $3000
The skill sets of Burnside Heights Football Club’s volunteer coaches will soon be enhanced.
The football club is one of three in the state electorate...
Hip stars hop to glory
For hip-hop dance director Karen Jehodo and her crew, the journey from a Taylors Lake garage to the international stage has been spectacular.
Her Brimbank-based...
Dance brings out the best
A multi-award-winning exercise program for youngsters with a physical or intellectual disability will expand into Hillside next month.
Rotary Caroline Springs’ BusyFeet caters for people...
Caroline Springs CFA members deny rift
Country Fire Authority volunteers at Caroline Springs have denied allegations they are concerned about the future of their role in light of a new...
Great care, no dramas for LGBTQ youth
A new Sunshine adolescent health clinic is helping young gay and transgender people struggling with sexual identity.
The No Dramas clinic at the Sunshine City...
Brooklyn breathes a little easier
Brooklyn is showing its best air quality results on record, but it’s still the worst area in Melbourne for dust emissions, the Environment Protection...
Calls to preserve and open Sydenham station
Brimbank’s oldest surviving railway station should be treated as a “valued community asset”, its owners believe.
The station is owned by Watergardens shopping centre owner...
More cops needed to prevent overtime stress
More police officers must “immediately” be deployed to Melton and Caroline Springs if Victoria Police is serious about addressing the findings of a mental...
Western Bulldogs eye off membership milestone
The campaign to ‘gather the pack’ is growing as the Western Bulldogs roar towards an unprecedented 40,000-member milestone.
The club is nearing the magic mark...
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A year of Taskforce Lunar
More than 80 arrests and 200 search warrants have been executed in the first 12 months of Taskforce Lunar.
Established in October 2023, Taskforce Lunar...
