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Restrictions ease for metro Melbourne
Metro Melbourne will have more freedoms from Friday after acting premier James Merlino announced that COVID-19 restrictions would be eased. Mr Merlino announced on Wednesday…
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New books help children during pandemic
Children’s storytime has changed with pandemic books being read during the COVID-19 crisis. Books such as Pandemic by Jackie French and illustrated by Bruce Whatley and Villony Virus comes…
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Lockdown leading to smaller weddings
Marriage celebrant Emma Langoulant has seen what people want in a wedding change over the last 12 months. It used to be big parties and…
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Regional park planned for Deanside
A new 215-hectare regional park will be created in Deanside as part of the state government’s $154 million Suburban Parks Program. Providing more than 100…
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Heartbreak for businesses
Keilor Park’s Sandra Mizzi is a broken woman. Her business, Events on Paper which she has run for 13 years, is on the brink of…
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College site to remain for education
The former Sunshine College site in Ardeer will be retained by the department of education for future education use. The site has been unused since…
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Pandemic drives up youth unemployment
Youth unemployment in Melbourne’s west has grown to more than 20 per cent due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Western Melbourne Local Jobs…
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COVID case causes aged care angst
Families of residents in a locked-down aged care facility in Brimbank have been left furious after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. The staff…
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Online classes reactivated
Reclink has fired back up the Zoom and online exercise classes to help people get through lockdown. Having run daily classes through last year’s lockdowns,…
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Rush to get vacccinated
Brimbank residents and those from neighbouring municipalities continue to turn out in force for COVID-19 vaccinations, with Western Health’s two clinics vaccinating more than 14,000…
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Help for homeless
Sometimes it is about providing a meal. Other times it’s just about providing an ear to listen to what’s going on. For local organisation, Inspire…
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AkzoNobel moves to improve air qualilty
AkzoNobel is hoping to have interim measures in place this week to improve air quality in Sunshine North. The company was ordered earlier this year…
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Call to postpone airport rail
Western Metropolitan MP Liberal MP Bernie Finn is calling for the construction of the Melbourne Airport Rail Link to be postponed until proper community consultation…
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Look after yourself
Mental health advocates headspace are calling for people to look after themselves during metro Melbourne’s extended circuit breaker lockdown. Headspace clinical advice and governance manager…
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Hopes lockdown will end
Brimbank residents have their fingers crossed that the fourth COVID-19 lockdown will come to an end this week. Melbournians are facing their second week of…
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