Invaluable, now honoured
MORE than 100 volunteers, such as Faye McMartin, Eunice Cooper and Rinta Galea (pictured rear), have been recognised for providing support to vulnerable and...
Big V: Keilor Thunder’s joy short-lived
KEILOR Thunder looked the goods for a quarter on its long trip to Mildura in the Victorian Basketball League Big V women's division 1...
Gridlock snaring patients, paramedics
PARAMEDICS are spending more than 900 hours a month waiting to transfer patients to wards at the western suburbs' two biggest hospitals, delaying the...
WRFL: After two wins, Lakers get a reality check
CAROLINE Springs endured a dog of a day, failing in its quest to make it three consecutive wins for the first time in its...
4.5% rate hike proposed
BRIMBANK Council is proposing to raise rates by 4.5 per cent for residential properties and 4.9 per cent for commercial and industrial properties and...
EDFL: Young gun’s bravery inspires the Blues
IN one act of bravery, Keilor youngster Jayden Manning encapsulated what it took for underdogs Keilor to overcome Maribyrnong Park by 15 points in...
Brimbank sensitive to burdened ratepayers
BRIMBANK ratepayers face an average rates increase of 4.9 per cent following the approval on Thursday of the council's draft 2012-13 budget.Council chairman...
Tough work but rewarding, says top cop
IN the early days of Trevor O'Shanassy's police career, the western suburbs were a very different place.O'Shanassy started off directing traffic before spending most...
Punked for a cause
ST ALBANS Secondary College students like Maria (pictured) got inventive, including bouncy boxing, a dunking stool and netball game against the teachers in a...
Hello, can I help you? Joan at the ready
ASK volunteers like Joan LeRoy what keeps them helping out week after week and the answer is simple."People! The pleasure you get when people...
Being little horrors
GRADE 5 and 6 pupils at Kings Park Primary School will dress as their favourite horror book characters today to celebrate the Education Week.Events...
Being little horrors
GRADE 5 and 6 pupils at Kings Park Primary School will dress as their favourite horror book characters today to celebrate the Education Week.Events...
Rainbow connection
BRIMBANK Council's offices in Sunshine have been given a splash of colour with the raising of a rainbow flag to mark International Day Against...
Rainbow connection
BRIMBANK Council's offices in Sunshine have been given a splash of colour with the raising of a rainbow flag to mark International Day Against...
Brimbank administrators: ‘Time has not caused the political tensions to dissipate’
A REPORT underpinning the State Government’s decision to cancel the Brimbank Council elections has found political tensions in the area were too great to...
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Kabbadi is coming to Victoria
Tickets for the first ever Pro Kabbadi League exhibition match to be played on Australian soil are now on sale.
Kabaddi – the second biggest...
