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10 years ago

August 7, 2012

Hume punters spent $103 million om pokies in the year to June, $1.2 million more than the previous year.

7 years ago

August 11, 2015

The Broadmeadows Legal Centre has called on the state government to take a long-term approach to family violence by tackling it in the classroom

5 years ago

August 8, 2017

Whittlesea residents want their festival back. In December, councillors voted to relocate the annual Whittlesea Community Festival from Lalor’s Whittlesea Public Gardens to South Morang and consider giving it a new format to make it a day/night street festival.

1 year ago

August 10, 2021

More than 600 people living in the City of Whittlesea have no place to call home, prompting calls for more support to address homelessness. According to Whittlesea council, there are at least 630 people without a home in the area, and a further 10,000 households in housing stress.

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