Tag: News
Help to lower energy bills
A new webinar series aims to take some of the stress out of rising energy bills as lengthy lockdown restrictions continue.
The Consumer Policy...
Drugs found after high-speed intercept
Drugs
By Esther Lauaki
A 38-year-old man has been arrested after police located a large quantity of drugs and cash during an intercept in Derrimut.
Officers were...
Protect your pets
Petbarn and Greencross Vets are calling on pet owners in the Brimbank community to protect their four-legged friends against fleas, ticks and worms this...
Community heroes honoured
By Esther Lauaki
Community heroes were celebrated at the We Are Brimbank Awards last week.
Brimbank council congratulated the winners at a special virtual...
Call to back local business
By Esther Lauaki
A Keilor East restaurant owner is calling on the community to keep supporting local businesses as they struggle under extended lockdown restrictions....
Wastewater tested for COVID-19
Sewage water in Brooklyn will be tested to find traces of COVID-19 after positive samples were discovered in Altona North.
The Department of Health...
Grants to help community get active
Brimbank organisations are being invited to apply for up to $2.5 million in grants to support the physical and mental health of Victorians, as...
Everyone needs a good Neighbourhood House
2209hampers
By Esther Lauaki
Duke Street Community House is supplying up to 30 essential food hampers a week to Brimbank residents in need and is offering...
Brimbank’s baby boom
By Esther Lauaki
Brimbank is in the midst of a baby boom.
Joan Kirner Women's and Children's Hospital welcomed a record 579 babies in August and...
Eighteen people arrested
Police have arrested 18 people and charged them with more than 300 offences as part of a nine-month investigation into car re-birthing in Melbourne’s...
Call for gambling reforms
Brimbank council has backed calls by the Alliance for Gambling Reform for urgent state reforms to prevent gambling harm when poker machines are switched...
Back Brimbank call
State and federal governments need to step up support for Brimbank’s COVID-19 community recovery plan in the light of devastating extended restrictions, mayor Georgina...
New home for sport clubs
St Albans sports clubs that are eager to get back to play will be able to enjoy Errington Reserve’s newly completed community sports pavilion,...
The art of kindness
Keilor Downs sisters Lily and Pepper have been spreading some joy during the COVID lockdown with their kindness project.
Lily, who is in grade 5,...
Song pays homage to health workers
A song of thanks to frontline health workers which is making waves around the world has a Keilor connection.
’Forever Grateful’ was written and performed...
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Young writers workshop
Award-winning author Alice Pung is returning to the west where she grew up to lead an autobiographical writing workshop.
Young writers and creatives from the...
