A hard night’s empathy
David Turnbull will curl up in his sleeping bag in between rows of seats at Etihad Stadium, hoping for some shut-eye next Thursday night.
Just...
Clamp on Broadmeadows detention centre visits
Regular visitors to Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation in Broadmeadows have expressed concerns about new security measures.
Serco, the firm contracted to run the detention centre,...
‘We do’ to same-sex vows
An increasing number of outer northern suburbs residents are writing to their federal members of parliament expressing their support for legalisation of same-sex marriage.
Scullin...
Mill Park Secondary College students get lessons on meditation
For a brief time each day, silence descends on three classrooms at Mill Park Secondary College.
During the past nine weeks, 135 middle-years students have...
Bow down to a classic winner
Classical musician Natasha Hanna describes the violin as her first love.
She took up the instrument aged just three, before adding a second string to...
South Morang fire station gets full-time firefighters
For the first time, South Morang fire station has paid, full-time firefighters taking the pressure off volunteers.
Country Fire Authority’s operations manager, Trevor Roberts, says...
Whittlesea free tip vouchers a ‘burden’ on council, say councillors
Whittlesea council will dip into royalties reserved for cleaning up old tips so it can continue giving residents free waste vouchers.
Despite a shortfall of...
Hoon driver caught in the act at Barrymore Recreation Reserve
A young driver was caught red-handed driving across the grass soccer pitch at Barrymore Recreation Reserve last Monday.
Greenvale United Soccer Club president Hilmi Mina...
Roxburgh Park: Man dead after police pursuit
A driver has been killed and five passengers taken to hospital after crashing into a tree in Roxburgh Park on Saturday night.
Police believe Fawkner...
Federal IEM program funding cut hard to swallow for Doreen family
Doreen youngster Jesse Dean would have become mentally retarded had his parents not started feeding him an expensive, protein-free diet.
Jesse, now four, has inborn...
Hume, Whittlesea councils seek more police to tackle family violence
Hume and Whittlesea councils have told the state government’s Royal Commission into Family Violence that frontline services are stretched to the limit in Melbourne’s...
Mernda: Injured kangaroo left to suffer near reserve
Wildlife Victoria has singled out Whittlesea council for being ill-equipped to deal with injured wildlife after a kangaroo was left suffering for hours before...
Craigieburn hails traffic lights at Hanson and Craigieburn intersections
Work to install traffic lights at one of Craigieburn’s most notoriously congested intersections has finally started.
Tradesmen were on site last Tuesday to lay the...
‘Witchhunt’ bill mounts, claims Hume councillor
A Sunbury-based councillor, who was suspended for 28 days after a second probe into his conduct at a fiery town hall meeting, says money...
Councillor Jack Medcraft probed over terrorism comments
LATEST: An investigation is under way after a Hume councillor referred to the municipality as the ‘‘terrorist training centre of Australia’’ on a closed...
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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...
