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Short Film Fest returns
The Sunshine Short Film Festival is back for its sixth year, and with more entries than ever before. Organiser Steve Pereira said this year’s festival,…
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Community walks tall for Dylan
Dylan Azzopardi is your average nine-year-old boy. The Caroline Springs kid loves his footy and has a cheeky smile that lights up the room. The…
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Performance lift in Sunbury line trains
Sunbury line commuters experienced service improvements last month. Public Transport Victoria figures released last week showed a one per cent improvement in service delivery throughout…
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Western push for capital ideas
Brimbank leaders were among western suburbs officials who travelled to Canberra to lobby for co-ordinated investment in infrastructure across Melbourne’s west. Brimbank mayor John Hedditch…
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Park is back on track
A flood-damaged track in Brimbank Park, along the Maribyrnong River, has been reopened. Parks Victoria area chief ranger David Collins said the track, which is…
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Life bans for footy brawl
A 14-year-old boy was among three people banned for life from football following an investigation into the aftermath of a junior grand final last month.…
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New members join the Lions pride
The Caroline Springs Lions Club has been given a last-minute reprieve after almost folding due to dwindling membership. The club, which has been operating in…
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R U Up for a great day?
Sunshine Marketplace is getting on board R U OK? Day. Shoppers at the plaza will be able to enjoy a variety of centre promotions on R U…
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Firearms amnesty reaps in the numbers
More than 260 firearms have been surrendered in Melbourne’s north-west in the first two months of a firearms amnesty. Since the National Firearms Amnesty started…
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Visitors given wildlife surprise
Taylors Lakes Secondary College has been playing host to 20 Italian exchange students and gave them a chance to get up close and personal with…
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Karate kid kicks on
St Albans teen Teo Cvetkovski is as single-minded as he is talented when it comes to karate. After beginning his training in his native Macedonia…
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Brimbank’s rent numbers surge
By Goya Dmytryshchak and Ewen McRae Renting household numbers are growing faster than owner-occupiers in Brimbank, according to the latest Census, as tenant and landlord…
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Family pleas for compassion
An 80-year-old Taylors Lakes woman and her autistic daughter face the prospect of deportation next month, after their appeal to the Immigration Minister for compassionate…
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Brooklyn plays, polluters pay
Brooklyn Reserve has a new play space partly funded by a fine collected from a business prosecuted by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA). Brooklyn…
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Trio charged after police seize firearms, explosives and drugs
Firearms, explosives and large quantities of drugs have been uncovered in a series of raids on homes in Braybrook and Sunshine on Friday. Two men…
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