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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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Perth Avenue: Mixed signals for traffic lights
Traffic lights are slated for Ballarat Road and Hulett Street in Albion, despite a long-running campaign for a safer crossing at the arterial’s intersection with…
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Design awards all sewn up
Entries are flying in thick and fast for this year’s Fashion Awards Australia, with budding designers and design students putting their best foot forward for…
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Neighbours shocked after body found in Deer Park
Police believe a Deer Park man whose body was found inside his home on Monday may have been shot dead a week ago. Detective Inspector…
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Sunshine toxic scare: “significant, intrusive” testing to come
The company ordered to test for groundwater contamination at its former Sunshine site says “significant and intrusive investigations” will need to be undertaken to assess…
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The end for Albion’s Stuart McKay house
The last surviving Albion house connected to the family of pioneering Sunshine industrialist HV McKay is facing a wrecking ball. Brimbank council has approved a…
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Crim confesses to historic crimes
A notorious career criminal last week confessed in the Supreme Court to a series of unsolved armed robberies across Melbourne in the late 1980s and…
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Short Film Fest Returns
The Sunshine Short Film Festival is open for another year, with organisers this year asking entrants to showcase ‘Brilliant Sunshine’. The festival has grown each…
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Morrissey new Brimbank CEO
Helen Morrissey has been named acting chief executive of Brimbank council following the resignation of Paul Younis earlier this month. Ms Morrissey (pictured) – who…
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Muso battle here again
Aspiring young Brimbank musicians will strut their stuff when the annual Freeza Push Start battle of the bands heats get rolling again next month. This…
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Housing tick for council offices
The future of the former Sunshine municipal offices site is a step closer to being resolved, after Brimbank council decided to rezone the land for…
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