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Sunshine Heights pupils perform in Harmony

More than 400 staff and pupils of Sunshine Heights Primary School took part in a “whole school flash mob” last Monday as they sang...

Politicians unite to fight Ravenhall tip

Four local Labor, Liberal and Greens MPs have vowed to “stand united” in their fight against a planned expansion of the Ravenhall landfill. At a...

Candidate urges public access to mayor’s diary

The public should be able to access the daily schedule and diary of future mayors of Brimbank. This was one idea thrown up at a...

Albion kids cut from many cloths

Pupils at Albion North Primary School got a 360-degree view of the world during Cultural Diversity Week. With children from more than 30 nations enrolled,...

Outer west tops youth unemployment

Brimbank has one of the highest youth unemployment rate in the state, a new national report has found. Jobless rates across more than 20 Brimbank...

Ardeer leads Brimbank crime spike

There was a 30 per cent increase in crime in Ardeer in the past year, crime statistics reveal. Brimbank’s overall crime rate jumped 9.7 per cent,...

Rockbank land acquisitions for regional park

Up to 18 properties in Rockbank could be acquired by the state government for a regional park. As part of the Kororoit Precinct Structure Plan...

‘Strong’ demand for airport rail via Sunshine

A Melbourne Airport rail link through Sunshine to the city is still “on the table,” a Brimbank council administrator says. At a Metropolitan Transport Forum...

Footy tips from the source

With the AFL season set to kick off this weekend, three Western Bulldogs young guns dropped into St Peter’s Primary School at Sunshine last...

Resident urges retention of aircraft noise monitors

A Keilor mother of two has urged Brimbank council to do all it can to keep an aircraft noise monitoring device in the area. Sarah...

Seeing eye dog carers needed

Deer Park’s Lina Xi is a kennel and breeding attendant who is currently caring for black Labrador Frankie. Carers are needed to help socialise young...

Upi ups ante in close shave

Cutting almost 60 centimetres of her magnificent mane has made a Hillside woman one of the state’s greatest shavers, both in length lost and...

Cricket club raises $20k for women’s health

Howzat for top-class fundraising? Altona Cricket Club has raised more than $20,000 for Western Health’s BreastWest foundation over the past three years at a popular...

Students benefit from science grant

A Deer Park school will harness the power of the wind and sun to give its students better basics about renewable energy. Purpose-built science equipment...

Plans lodged for Keilor Park brewery

Plans lodged with Brimbank council propose to convert a vacant warehouse at Keilor Park into a seven-day-a-week licenced brewery. The council is assessing a permit application,...

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Three arrests after extended follow

Three youths in an allegedly stolen care were arrested after police followed them across Melbourne’s northwest early on Thursday morning. Officers spotted a grey Audi...