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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 spring.…
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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 event…
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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.…
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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 and…
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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 a…
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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…
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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…
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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 outer…
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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…
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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 Papafotiou…
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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, along…
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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,…
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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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‘Inspirational’ teacher recognised
Caroline Chisholm Catholic College’s deputy principal Suzanne Farley has been celebrated as one of the country’s most inspiring teachers. The editorial board of The Knowledge…
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Air pollution ‘alarming’: report
By Esther Lauaki Air pollution in Melbourne’s Inner West is “widespread and alarming”, according to a recent report. The report, Air Pollution in Melbourne’s Inner…
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