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TAFE boost for vulnerable students
A $2.4 million funding injection will help vulnerable students remain in study at Victoria University’s TAFE division. Announced on Monday, the funding to Victoria Polytechnic…
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$560K pavillion for Bon Thomas Reserve
A $560,000 upgrade at Bon Thomas Reserve in Deer Park will boost one of Brimbank’s most multicultural cricket clubs. The additions, to include change rooms,…
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Government calls in Ravenhall tip application
The state government has ‘called in’ Cleanaway’s planning application to expand the size and extend the life of the Ravenhall tip. The application, lodged with…
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Charlotte’s on track for stardom
She may be only young, but Charlotte Baskaran already has a career to savour. The Caroline Springs resident is a regular fixture at Keilor Little…
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Caroline Springs RSL on parade
War veterans, their families and friends will be out in force for Caroline Springs RSL’s second ever Anzac Day march on Sunday. About 100 people…
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Deer Park Neighbourhood House to put kids first
A revamped $2 million Neighbourhood House at Deer Park will kickstart Australia’s first, purpose-built safe haven for children of separated parents. Site owners Comm Unity…
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Second vigil to remember Fiona
Family and friends will gather in Sunshine on Friday to remember slain mother-of-four Fiona Warzywoda. Sunshine Business Association organised the vigil to remember Ms Warzywoda…
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Council ‘underestimating garden cost blowout’
A $40,000 cost blow-out on work to install an irrigation system in a Sunshine memorial garden is a “serious under-estimation”, a residents group says. The…
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Private college closure to affect 72 students
Four staff will be out of work and 72 students will be forced to take classes elsewhere after the closure of the Sunshine campus of…
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Burnside among worst for mortgage stress
A community legal centre fears hundreds of local residents are on the brink of mortgage stress. About 130 clients have reached out to a mortgage…
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Sunshine Park Tennis Club wants you!
Despite a swelling membership at Sunshine Park Tennis Club, the club’s midweek ladies social tennis is still struggling to field enough players each week. Club president…
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200 new kindergarten places in Burnside
A new $4.48 million children’s and community centre at Burnside will provide nearly 200 places for kindergarten-aged children from this year. The centre opened last Friday…
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New Sunshine job centre to assist car workers
Victoria University has opened job and skills centres to retrain and help employ former employees of the car manufacturing industry. The university’s TAFE division, Victoria…
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Man wanted over Delahey shooting
Police are searching for a Brimbank man following a shooting in Delahey last month. A 28-year-old Keilor Downs man was shot several times at a Delahey property…
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New twist in Brookside mobile tower fight
Residents have claimed a small victory in their fight against a mobile phone tower at the Brookside Recreation Reserve. Councillors last week agreed to go…
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