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Food Bank helps avoid hard choices
Tough economic times are forcing more Victorians to choose between heating or eating this winter. Single dad Tom, who didn’t want to reveal his surname,…
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Bras to help women in need
Melton council has signed on to a new project to collect new and secondhand bras at council offices this month, ready for shipment around the…
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Sunshine rising to be capital of the west
Places of historic and cultural significance could be revived as dedicated performance spaces under a plan to make Sunshine the capital of the west. In…
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Prisoners help out West Welcome Wagon
Asylum seekers in the western suburbs have received a helping hand from an unexpected source. West Welcome Wagon (WWW) president Mia McGregor says prisoners at…
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Learning to overcome adversity
“A rough road leads to the stars” is an old adage being put through new tests in a partnership between Victoria University Secondary College and…
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AFL crosses cultures
More than 200 new arrivals to Australia pitted their skills against some of AFL football’s best last week to get a hang of our sport…
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Melbourne Storm eyes off Kealba Hotel
The owners of National Rugby League club Melbourne Storm are believed to be in the final stages of buying the Kealba Hotel. Neither Storm nor…
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Ardeer number one for long-term unemployment
Ardeer is the state’s worst suburb for long-term unemployment. A new report commissioned by Jesuit Social Services reveals chronic levels of unemployment in the southern…
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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…
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Day hospice brings brighter days
During his long life, Arthur Waters has seen the battlefields of war, been to night school after dropping out, worked as a steel merchant, lectured…
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Employment boom for Sunshine Hospital
Staff numbers at Sunshine Hospital are expected to grow by 35 per cent over the next three years. The hospital now has about 2200 staff, who…
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“Backyard” mobile phone tower denied
Taylors Hill residents are celebrating their victory after Melton council denied Vodafone and Optus a permit to erect a 25-metre mobile phone tower in their…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Beautiful voices, with a blast of brass Sunshine Community Brass Band (pictured above) will team up with Ballarat Memorial Concert Band and the Marian College…
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Volunteer raises money and cheer
Fundraising champion Irene Kayler-Thomson may have helped raise more than $200,000 for Sunshine Hospital over the past 25 years, but it’s the priceless moments of…
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Leaders rally to tackle violence
Leaders in Melbourne’s west have joined forces to oppose men’s violence against women. A forum, to be held at Caroline Springs next week, will…
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