Surprise $1.3 million gift for Broadmeadows
Broadmeadows is in for a makeover.
The oft-neglected suburb has been gifted $1.3 million from the state government to beautify Pascoe Vale Road and start...
Recognise these war medals?
War medals, a decorative dagger, coins and ladies’ and men’s dress rings were handed into the Craigieburn police station.
Police are still trying to find...
School bush garden to stregthen Aboriginal ties
Pupils of Altona Meadows Primary School have planted a bush garden in a bid to strengthen ties between Aboriginal students and the local Indigenous...
Students on mission to eradicate education diadvantage
Sophia D’Ambra is on a mission to eradicate education disadvantage, starting with Melton Secondary College.
Ms D’Ambra is a Teach for Australia (TFA) associate on...
Reading challenge accepted
Hume council has jumped on a global movement that encourages parents to read 1000 books to their children before they start primary school.
Mayor Adem...
Affordable family rental housing in short supply
Affordable houses large enough for families are in good supply in Whittlesea and Hume, according to the state government’s latest rental report.
The Department of...
Rent hike forces festival outside of Whittlesea
A Whittlesea-based not-for-profit organisation for newly arrived migrants is being forced to hold its annual dance festival outside the city after RMIT University raised...
Glenroy Grannies to hang up their bibs
Forty-five years of friendship forged on netball courts will not dissipate when the Glenroy Grannies officially retire from the game this year.
Team captain Beryl...
Teach for Australia expands
Victoria’s brightest minds are proving their worth as teachers, working with secondary students in some of the state’s most challenging classrooms.
The state government has...
Family violence prevention should start at school
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.
In...
Cull slashes rabbit numbers
Rabbit populations along some of Sunbury and Bulla’s most vulnerable creeks and rivers have been reduced by up to 90 per cent as part...
Honour restored to Whittlesea’s memorial plaques
About seven months ago, Michael Whitehead (pictured) decided to research the names embossed on plaques that line Whittlesea’s Avenue of Honour.
The RSL member discovered...
Immunisation inroads
A Thomastown early-learning centre for Aboriginal children and families is turning around low immunisation rates and helping others get the message, too.
About six weeks...
Premier defends Sunbury secession review
Premier Daniel Andrews visited Sunbury today where he defended the review of the town's planned secession from Hume.
Speaking at Sunbury College, where he was making...
Epping man charged after training scam raid
An Epping man is one of three men to have been charged with a series of offences relating to a criminal syndicate that allegedly...
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Tigers add local talent back to squad
The hard work over the past couple of years for Westmeadows is paying off, with the club welcoming back a number of players early...
