Brimbank poker machine spending ‘sickening’
Poker machine spending in Brimbank is “sickening”, the council’s chairman of administrators John Watson freely admits.
His comments come as the council joins an alliance...
Call for mandatory reporting of domestic abuse
The mother of a woman slain by her ice- addicted partner in Sunshine almost two years ago has called for mandatory reporting when domestic...
Answers expected about Brimbank NDIS cover
Thousands of Brimbank residents living with disabilities will know some time this month when the National Disability Insurance Scheme will be rolled out for...
Rate cap will cost Brimbank $29m over five years
The introduction of rate capping will cost Brimbank council almost $30 million over the next five years.
In its submission to the Essential Services Commissions’s...
Parading the colours
Some Sunshine students went to school colourfully incognito last week … dressed as their favourite book characters.
More than 250 students and staff from Sunshine...
School’s laps for cancer council
Purple and yellow, the colours of the Cancer Council’s Relay for Life, went round and round at St George Preca Primary School in Caroline...
Hub of activity
Brimbank Bicycle Education Centre is always a hive of activity … and not just for cyclists.
Victoria University Secondary College Year 12 student Lazar Trajcevski...
Family violence cases soar across north west
Hume is a hotbed of family violence in Melbourne’s north and west.
According to Crime Statistics Agency figures, Hume had the greatest number of “family...
Caroline Springs family’s home invasion terror
Police are looking for two men, armed with a metal pole and firearm, who forced their way into a Caroline Springs home last night.
The men...
Expectant mums can visit GPs for antenatal care
Expectant mums will be able to consult their own doctor during most pregnancies under a model used at Werribee Mercy Hospital.
The Shared Maternity Care...
MP calls for more youth workers in the west
A western suburbs MP has backed calls for an increase in outreach youth workers in disadvantaged suburbs in the west.
In State Parliament last week,...
Nine-hour blitz nets $275,000 in unpaid fines
A nine-hour police blitz on Melton drivers netted more than $275,000 in unpaid fines last week.
Police used automatic numberplate recognition to identify offenders in...
Positives drawn from Broadmeadows summit
Broadmeadows will finally get its northern city gateway – a tree boulevard and improved road interchanges along its Pascoe Vale Road town entrance.
The oft-neglected...
Driver terrorises motorcyclist in Sydenham
Brimbank Highway Patrol are calling for witnesses following an alleged road rage incident in Sydenham in July.
A silver BMW sedan intentionally reversed into a...
Breast screening rates low across Melton
Only about half the eligible women in City of Melton have taken up the opportunity of free breast screening in the past two years.
BreastScreen...
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Push for at risk Victorians to get tested for hepatitis B
Victorians at risk of hepatitis B are being urged to get tested as new data reveals one in three Victorians living with hepatitis B...
