Sunshine harvester history threat
Objections have been lodged against a demolition permit application that threatens the Sunshine home of famous Australian inventor Headlie Taylor.
A self-taught engineer, Headlie Taylor...
Teach pupils to swim: coroner
A Brimbank resident is backing calls for compulsory swimming lessons in schools.
Last week, coroner Caitlin English recommended that swimming and safety education be skills...
Rates cap plan will force cutbacks in Brimbank
Brimbank council will slash funding for community events as it prepares for the introduction of rate capping next year.
Acting corporate and community relations director...
Feet up for for Western Athletics’ big day
Western Athletics is rounding up its clan, past and present, for a 20-year reunion.
Western A’s, as the club is also known, was formed in...
Thefts down in Brimbank but still a challenge
Police say thefts and burglaries are still the biggest challenges in Brimbank, despite their showing a recent decline.
Almost 8000 theft and burglary offences were...
Crime fight goes back to basics
Police say thefts and burglaries are still the biggest challenges in Brimbank, despite their showing a recent decline.
Almost 8000 theft and burglary offences were...
Mobile phone ‘like a blindfold’ for drivers
Police in Brimbank and Melton are cracking down on drivers who use mobile phones while behind the wheel.
Operation Prone will run once a month...
Students and migrants not lost in translation
A new guide to help schools engage with students and parents from migrant and refugee backgrounds was launched last week.
The desktop guide was a...
Sunshine hospital comes of age
Reporter Ben Cameron examines the growth of Sunshine Hospital
As many as 1200 people needing radiology treatment at Sunshine will no longer have to travel...
Refugees slip through mental-health cracks
Refugees and asylum seekers are slipping through mental health cracks despite reporting higher than average mental health issues, according to HealthWest.
The Integrated Mental Health...
Western Health facts and figures
• Western Health serves more than 800,000 people
• There areabout 600 volunteers and 6100 staff members
• More than 110 different languages are spoken
• About...
Vietnamese refugees welcome, 40 years on
Energetic, innovative and contributing enormously to the cultural growth of this nation was how then-prime minister Malcolm Fraser described Australia’s Vietnamese community.
Forty years since...
Brimbank police alarmed at jump in firearms offences
Weapons offences have doubled in Brimbank over the past four years police data has revealed.
It comes as The Age reports police are discovering guns...
Racial abuse ruins Disney day out at Watergardens
An Aboriginal mother has been left reeling after her three-year-old daughter was the victim of a vicious racist attack during a trip to Taylors...
Footballers and fashionistas come together at Keilor
Football is about to meet fashion again, via the second Vogue in the Village fundraiser for Keilor Football Club.
Lyndall Blackmore and friends Jody Morris...
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Make healthy choices this New Year
The Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF) is urging the community to make healthy and safe choices when celebrating during the New Year period.
ADF...
