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“No plans to cease tertiary education” says uni
Victoria University says it has no plans “to cease tertiary education” at its St Albans campus, despite outlining plans to “repurpose” the site. A VU…
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Sunshine North teen to vie for Miss South Sudan Australia crown
Sunshine North beauty Adeng Muor is tall and lean and cuts a fine figure in her evening gown. The 19-year-old law and human rights student…
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Transport policy callout
Brimbank council is aiming to make travel easier for disadvantaged residents, with a draft transport disadvantage policy put out for community consultation. The policy is…
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Fire sale of Brimbank school sites nets state government $45.3 million
A fire sale of three former Brimbank school sites has netted the state government $45.3 million. The Department of Treasury and Finance revealed on Friday…
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Ballarat Line in for funding windfall
The Ballarat line is the biggest winner of a $1.42-billion cash injection into Victoria’s ageing regional rail network. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced last week…
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Learn first-hand about Sunshine’s South Sudanese community
More than 1.5 million South Sudanese have fled their war-torn country seeking refuge since conflict erupted there almost four years ago, according to the UN…
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New lupus trail offers hope for Derrimut woman
Katie Bukovac is used to the stares. She was at the bank recently without make-up on when a woman in the queue behind her silently…
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Census: Brimbank revealed as a diverse place to live
Are you a 35-year-old Australian-born, married man who speaks only English, but has parents born overseas? If so, it’s highly likely you have children, live…
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Derrimut named Brimbank’s most fashionable
Derrimut might be one of Brimbank’s furthest suburbs from the city, but distance to Melbourne’s retail mecca hasn’t stopped its residents from staying abreast of…
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Wyndham is pulling a crowd
Wyndham is proving a drawcard for residents in other municipalities and states. New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that Wyndham had…
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Drug use rampant in Brimbank
Illegal drug use in Brimbank is rife, with the municipality recording the second most drug-related offences in the state last year behind only Melbourne’s CBD.…
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Sunshine Library “commended” for strong design
Beauty is subjective. But in the eyes of the judging panel charged with hand picking Australia’s most “stunning” libraries, Sunshine library is both bold and…
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South Sudanese-Australian women pushing for change
Anwel Aweng remembers the first time she found her voice. “I was tired of other people thinking they knew what my issues were,” the 22-year-old…
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St Albans boy invited to Paris to solve Rubik’s Cube
The intensity of Calven Lipec’s concentration is almost as impressive as the speed at which his fingers fly as he races against the clock to…
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New youth jobs hub opens in Sunshine
Brimbank has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the state, at 17.3 per cent last year according to Brotherhood of St Lawrence research,…
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