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Green thumbs and garden fun
The Melton Botanic Garden will be on full display this weekend. The garden, and the volunteers who look after it, are taking part in the…
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All eyes on the alpacas
Young bookworms are urged to visit Melton and Caroline Springs’ libraries this Wednesday to join in a national event. The special storytime will take place…
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Ballarat in with a flying chance
Ballarat Airport will receive a major facelift if the Labor Party is able to form government at this weekend’s federal election. Local MP Catherine King…
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My Brimbank: Attitude Dance
What’s your connection to Brimbank? Xavier: I’m the director of the Geelong-based, independent dance theatre company Attitude Dance Company, but we’re both residents of Caroline…
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MY PLACE
What is your connection to Diggers Rest? I live in the older part of Diggers Rest. My husband and I have been here 30 years. …
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Your chance to share in council grants
Community groups will have access to $600,000 in Brimbank council grants in 2019-20. The grants are provided by the council in a bid to help…
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We remember them
Preparations for Melton’s Anzac Day commemorations are under way, with thousands of people expected to attend services, marches and events across the day. The day…
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Bank funds go full circle
A Deer Park bank is looking to funnel its profits back into the Brimbank community. Circle Alliance Bank has recently undergone a restructure to become…
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My Brimbank: Johanna Van Dreumel
What’s your favourite thing about Brimbank? I love the multiculturalism. I love the way people are proud of where they come from and they…
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City wants progress on highway
By Ewen McRae A push to upgrade the Western Highway is gathering steam. Melton council’s Upgrade Western Highway campaign calls on the state and federal…
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Capital works splurge
By Ewen McRae More than $60 million in capital works is at the forefront of Melton council’s draft budget. The budget projects a surplus of…
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Casting call in Albion
Albion may not readily come to mind as a place to find fishing hotspots, but the Sunshine Fly Casting Club has been calling the suburb…
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A legal legacy lives on
The western suburbs legal fraternity was left shocked last year by the sudden death of magistrate Steve Myall, but his legacy is set to be…
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Clubs call for pokies assurance
More than 1300 people have signed petitions calling on Brimbank council to allow two local sporting clubs to continue to operate poker machines on council…
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Mosque marks tragedy
The Brimbank community pulled together in mourning last weekend as the victims of the Christchurch terrorist attack were remembered. Fifty people were killed when a…
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