Family violence figures not the full story: council
Reports that family violence across the north- west of Melbourne have nearly doubled are still underestimating the problem, Brimbank council believes.
In its submission to...
Pink is gold for cancer care
Keilor Primary School pupils including Levi, Lana and Emily (pictured) gave up their gold – by donation – and dressed up in pink last...
More ambulances bypassing Werribee Mercy
Ambulances have been forced to bypass Werribee Mercy Hospital’s emergency department more often over the past year due to a spike in demand.
The recently...
Council rejects Champion Road apartment bid
Williamstown residents have applauded Hobsons Bay council’s rejection of a 39-dwelling, three-storey apartment block they said would create a “future slum”.
Probus Built applied for...
Sunshine civic centre site contaminated
Tests of soil and groundwater at the the site of the new Brimbank Civic and Community Centre site at Sunshine have found elevated levels...
Driver makes surprise visit in Taylors Hill
A man in his 30s lost control of his car, ran off the road and ploughed into the front bedroom of a home in...
Brimbank council election goes postal
Brimbank council administrators are at odds over how the first local election in eight years should be conducted, come October 2016.
Residents will vote by...
VicRoads raises speed limit on Calder stretch
Calder Freeway motorists have had a major win with VicRoads increasing the speed limit on an outbound section of the freeway last Friday.
The stretch...
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...
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Ultimate girls weekend
Camping is one of the best activities to do in the summer for everyone, but what if you just want an all-girls camping experience?
Glamping...
