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Overnewton fun runs raise serious cash
Overnewton Anglican Community College has raised an impressive $20,000 for charity on the back of two successful fun runs. The runs, held at the school’s…
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Kealba speargun bandit given corrections order
A man who held up a Kealba service station with a speargun has been handed a three-year community corrections order. Sam Wathen pleaded guilty to…
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Sunshine tram plans off track
Plans for tram connections to Brimbank are off the table despite the council’s presence at a metropolitan transport forum focusing on “the role of trams…
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Catwalk celebration for BreastWest
It’s the perfect formula of footy, fashion and fun. The annual BreastWest Fashion Gala at the Moonee Valley Racing Club next month will feature 12…
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Derrimut driver on drink driving charges
A drunken Derrimut driver will face court after blowing three times the legal limit following a crash near the West Gate Freeway on Thursday afternoon.…
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Keilor school kicking goals with Melbourne City
The A League’s Melbourne City Football Club has joined forces with a Keilor school. Overnewton Anglican Community College announced on Thursday it had joined the…
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Calder Freeway speed limit under review
VicRoads will review the speed limit along the Calder Freeway from Keilor to Taylors Lakes with a decision likely within several weeks. Its review could…
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Sunshine West man charged with murder
A Sunshine West man has been charged with murder following the death of a 37-year-old Taylors Lakes man in hospital on Monday night. Christopher Orfanidis,…
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Baby Guerilla’s latest mural highlights uni links
Prolific Footscray artist Baby Guerrilla explores notions of social connection in her latest giant paste-up for Victoria University. VU commissioned the renowned street artist to…
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Road rage victim dies
A Taylors Lakes man has died in hospital overnight following a road rage incident on the Western Ring Road in Ardeer earlier this month. The…
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Ballarat services suffer in wake of RRL opening
Commuters are bearing the brunt of delays and cancelled services, with punctuality for V/Line’s Ballarat trains plummeting since the Regional Rail Link opened last month.…
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Melton council seeks planning amendment
Melton council is seeking amendments to its planning scheme following a Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal decision that gave Exford home owners approval to keep, and…
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Register now for Daffodil Day
Derrimut’s Vijayshree and Ravi Behal will don yellow come Daffodil Day and they’re urging everyone else to join them. With hundreds of thousands of Australians…
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War veterans recognised
Peter Burquest is humble in the way most veterans are … as though they haven’t put their lives on the line for their country. The…
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Spinning a yarn against gender-based violence
The women of Knit into Action are doing their bit to bring a little colour to the Western Region Centre Against Sexual Assault (WRCASA), in…











