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Power saving ramps up at leisure centre
Greenhouse gas emissions from Brimbank council’s most energy- guzzling building could soon be cut by 30 per cent. The council has installed a $485,000 co-generation…
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Library services ‘overdue for expansion’
Library services at Keilor are long overdue for expansion, a local historical society says. In a submission to Brimbank council’s draft library strategy, Keilor Historical…
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Family violence forum gives women a voice
A domestic violence forum aims to give women a voice against their oppressors. Organised by the Migrant Resource Centre North West Region, the women’s only…
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Sunshine Heights pupils perform in Harmony
More than 400 staff and pupils of Sunshine Heights Primary School took part in a “whole school flash mob” last Monday as they sang and…
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Politicians unite to fight Ravenhall tip
Four local Labor, Liberal and Greens MPs have vowed to “stand united” in their fight against a planned expansion of the Ravenhall landfill. At a…
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Candidate urges public access to mayor’s diary
The public should be able to access the daily schedule and diary of future mayors of Brimbank. This was one idea thrown up at a…
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Albion kids cut from many cloths
Pupils at Albion North Primary School got a 360-degree view of the world during Cultural Diversity Week. With children from more than 30 nations enrolled,…
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Outer west tops youth unemployment
Brimbank has one of the highest youth unemployment rate in the state, a new national report has found. Jobless rates across more than 20 Brimbank…
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Ardeer leads Brimbank crime spike
There was a 30 per cent increase in crime in Ardeer in the past year, crime statistics reveal. Brimbank’s overall crime rate jumped 9.7 per cent,…
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Rockbank land acquisitions for regional park
Up to 18 properties in Rockbank could be acquired by the state government for a regional park. As part of the Kororoit Precinct Structure Plan…
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‘Strong’ demand for airport rail via Sunshine
A Melbourne Airport rail link through Sunshine to the city is still “on the table,” a Brimbank council administrator says. At a Metropolitan Transport Forum…
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Footy tips from the source
With the AFL season set to kick off this weekend, three Western Bulldogs young guns dropped into St Peter’s Primary School at Sunshine last Thursday…
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Resident urges retention of aircraft noise monitors
A Keilor mother of two has urged Brimbank council to do all it can to keep an aircraft noise monitoring device in the area. Sarah…
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Seeing eye dog carers needed
Deer Park’s Lina Xi is a kennel and breeding attendant who is currently caring for black Labrador Frankie. Carers are needed to help socialise young…
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Upi ups ante in close shave
Cutting almost 60 centimetres of her magnificent mane has made a Hillside woman one of the state’s greatest shavers, both in length lost and money…
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