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Brimbank bus shelters vandalised: No quick fix for shattered panes
UPDATE: Broken glass in bus shelters across Delahey and surrounding suburbs will not be replaced by the company contracted to maintain them, as part of…
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Cairnlea foster carers Robert and Brigitte Baker honoured
A Cairnlea couple who have housed more than 600 foster kids in the past three decades have been honoured at this year’s state child protection…
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Brimbank council depot workers to strike next week
UPDATE: Brimbank Council workers at the Keilor Park depot have voted to go on strike for three days next week over issues surrounding their enterprise…
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Sunshine Lantern Festival: Showing the light to success
The Sunshine Business Association has promised next year’s Sunshine Lantern Festival will be bigger and better after huge crowds took to the streets at this…
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Sunshine: Call for drug court to tackle west offenders
Offenders who commit crimes under the influence of drugs and alcohol could front a proposed new drug court in Sunshine. A report on the state…
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DEPI fights fire with fire in western suburbs
The Department of Environment and Primary Industries is encouraging western suburbs residents to look online at its draft bushfire plans for the next few years.…
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Work-for-dole challenges loom, warns LeadWest
Melbourne’s western suburbs are among the first 18 regions in the nation where unemployed people under 30 will have to start working for the dole.…
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Keilor East: J&D Hardware shut as owner locks in new career
Almost a quarter of a century of trade will come to an end this month when a Keilor East hardware store shuts up shop. Joe…
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Sunshine North: Deaf service sell-off condemned
A Sunshine North school for deaf children is opposing the sale of Australian Hearing, which is the subject of a study assessing possible privatisation. Furlong…
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Deer Park’s Kayla Adams: A diamond in the rough
This baseball all-rounder is hitting home runs. Deer Park’s Kayla Adams topped a stellar season on the pitch when she was chosen to represent Canberra…
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Sunshine drug court proposed to tackle west cases
Offenders across the west who commit crimes under the influence of drugs and alcohol could soon be heard by a proposed new drug court in…
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Australian Services Union fears Brimbank council ‘wants to spy’ on staff
A major union fears Brimbank council wants to fit GPS tracking devices to its vehicles so it can spy on its employees. And although the…
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Western Ring Road: Drag race leaves one in hospital, another charged
UPDATE: Four people are lucky to be alive after an alleged drag race ended in a fiery collision on the Western Ring Road overnight. Emergency…
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Keilor: Bonfield Reserve playground’s hard yakka
Brimbank council and the Keilor Historical Society are working side by side to draw up plans for a refurbished playground at Bonfield Reserve. The works…
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Sunshine West: Mail truck on time, on the nose
A chemical spill, at first thought to be from a hazardous package, forced the evacuation of an Australia Post centre in Sunshine West last week.…
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