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Parade College forum: Students learn a hard, Third World lesson

Former street kids who grew up on the streets of the Philippines led a social justice forum for high school students at Parade College...

Glenroy’s Logan Young shares secrets with pals living with diabetes

Glenroy’s Logan Young was seven when she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. She says she remembers the doctors and nurses telling her that “lots...

Interface Councils say budget fails to ‘bridge the gap’

The state budget threatens to stretch the divide that is creating two Melbournes, the Interface Councils group has claimed. Interface Councils spokesman and Melton mayor...

Meth’s rise in Melbourne’s north thrives on ignorance

A survey about methamphetamine use in Melbourne’s north shows people do not understand why young people are favouring a drug known to cause aggressive...

Glenroy man charged with murdering three-year-old boy

UPDATE: A 25-year-old man has been accused of murdering a three-year-old boy in Glenroy on Friday. The toddler was taken to the Royal Children's Hospital...

Dallas man attacked in Campbellfield on way to Upfield station

Police are seeking two men they believe may be responsible for a brutal attack on a man in Campbellfield The victim, a 44-year-old Dallas man,...

P-plater crashes car into Mill Park friend’s lounge room

A P-plater crashed his car through the lounge room of his friend’s house in Mill Park on Tuesday morning. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a...

Hume and Whittlesea volunteers take a bow

Volunteers from across Melbourne’s north will be the focus of local celebrations next week. From meals on wheels to town fairs, talking history or just...

Asbestos dust fears flare among residents over Bulla tip

Objectors to the management of two Hume area tips have slammed Victoria’s Environment Protection Authority for failing to ensure health and safety standards. At a...

Whittlesea council seeks funds for tackling family violence

Whittlesea council is lobbying the state government for more than $1 million a year to tackle soaring rates of family violence in Melbourne’s north. The...

Whittlesea council seeks funds for tackling family violence

Whittlesea council is lobbying the state government for more than $1 million a year to tackle soaring rates of family violence in Melbourne’s north. The...

Sunbury dog attack sparks death fears among couple

A dog attack has left a Sunbury couple and their two dogs, feeling unsafe. Nicole Manteit was walking her two small dogs on a leash...

Sunbury dog attack sparks death fears among couple

A dog attack has left a Sunbury couple and their two dogs, feeling unsafe. Nicole Manteit was walking her two small dogs on a leash...

CBD shooting: Lalor man to plead not guilty to attempted murder charge

UPDATE: A Lalor man charged with the attempted shooting murder of a pedestrian in Melbourne’s CBD will plead not guilty. Fouad Elfayegh’s lawyer Steve Pica...

Thomastown raids: Man charged over haul of illegal weapons

UPDATE: A Melbourne man has been charged following police raids which found stun guns disguised as smartphones among thousands of illegal weapons imported into...

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Improving safety in Victoria

The state government has opened the Jewish Community Security Infrastructure Program, with the aim to ensure Jewish communities, including those in Hume and Whittlesea,...