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Sunshine-made pizza base a winner

A unique pizza base created by a Sunshine family-owned business continues to earn rave reviews. ENK Group creates Aldi's Casa Barelli Italian style pizza bases,...

‘Hero’ gives back

It takes a lot to make social worker Kristen Mirchevski speechless, but being named one of the three winners of the Westfield Airport West...

Murals brighten up Brimbank

Among the normal grey and white buildings in Brimbank there are a number of bright and colourful murals that continue to pop up. More than...

Home learning made easier

Schools across Brimbank are doing all they can to brighten the day as students once again find themselves learning from home, writes Tara Murray. Each...

Pandemic continues to impact Brimbank

Brimbank residents and businesses continue to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic a new report has found. Brimbank council’s latest COVID-19 community impact analysis looked...

Councillors pledge mental health support

Brimbank councillors are calling for the council to take an active role in addressing the current mental health crisis. At last week’s council meeting, the...

Bus services disrupted

Bus services in Melbourne's west will be disrupted after an industrial precinct in Sunshine West has been declared a tier two exposure site. In a...

Workers urged to get tested

Workers in the Sunshine West industrial precinct are being urged to come forward and get tested for COVID-19. Acting chief health officer Ben Cowie said...

Auto fanatic recognised

A Deer Park automotive technician has been recognised at the Kangan Institute’s class of 2021 international student graduation. Sudhish Burtony, who works at Western Ford...

Swim teachers wanted

Brimbank council has launched a new program aimed at addressing the shortage of qualified swim teachers. The council last week announced the new Swim Teacher...

My Place

Tia Suemai is the executive director and co-founder of Charis Mentoring which runs programs and workshops aimed to assist Pasifika Youth to find themselves...

Stories from the west

A new exhibition at Sunshine Plaza is shining the light on stories of local people and the great work they do. The Faces of Sunshine...

Overdose deaths spike

Brimbank recorded the most fatal drug overdoses in 2020, according to a new Coroners Court of Victoria report. The Victorian Overdose deaths report for 2011...

COVID-19 causes job losses

Nearly 19,000 refugees and asylum seekers on temporary visas will lose their jobs because of the current economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic...

Looking on the bright side of life

Hillside’s Ann Wallace-Burleigh never saw her breast cancer diagnosis as a death sentence. Diagnosed in 2008, Ms Wallace-Burleigh tried to take a positive approach to...

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First Greens councillor for Brimbank

Brimbank has its first Greens councillor in 15 years, after Lucy Nguyen knocked out incumbent councillor Sam David in the Kororoit Creek Ward. Cr Nguyen...