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Police urge drivers to keep cars secure as thefts from vehicles soar

Police neighbourhood patrols were sent into overdrive when they targeted known car crime hotspots, such as shopping centres, car parks and railway stations during...

Roxburgh Park car shooting: Police seek witnesses

UPDATE: A driver leaving a KFC in Broadmeadows pulled a gun out and shot at another car in an "outrageous" case of road rage,...

Companies paying out $500m Black Saturday settlement remain secret

The large insurance companies paying out the entire $500 million Black Saturday settlement are determined to remain secret, despite calls for greater transparency following...

Immersion trips

The school trip has come a long way from a week spent camping out at the...

Just Planet: Sunbury forum puts the spotlight on fair trade

There are seeds, creeds and feeds on Norman Palumbo’s agenda as he invites the community to join him in a conversation about fair trade...

Education apps

The school bags of primary and secondary students are considerably lighter this year as more and...

Sunbury out of Hume: Cabinet to consider panel report

The Sunbury out of Hume panel report is likely to go before the Coalition cabinet before it sees the light of day publicly. In a...

Medical marijuana: Mernda arrest prompts call to decriminalise drug

Medical marijuana should be decriminalised and the drug cleared for use on a variety of health conditions, according to the Epilepsy Foundation. The call comes...

Sunbury blokes get an extra shed at Evans Street

More men will be ‘at work’ in Sunbury after a second Men’s Shed in the town threw open its doors to welcome new members...

Mernda, Doreen residents urge council to reject Coles’ bid

Mernda’s push for a “traditional” town centre and shopping complex has hit a snag. Locals claim Whittlesea council should not give a permit to supermarket...

Punters’ losses mount as $11,000 an hour go down the pokies slot

Hume and Whittlesea punters have spent almost $200 million on poker machines in the past year ­– about $11,000 an hour in each city. Annual...

Epping: Global syndicate’s 40-year new market deal

The massive warehousing for Epping’s new state-of-the-art fruit, vegetable and flower market will be built by a global partnership. The partnership will also be granted...

Greek judge Emilios Kyrou steps up to Court of Appeal

Broadmeadows has changed a lot since Emilios Kyrou grew up there during the heyday of Ford. Victoria’s first Greek-born judge arrived in 1968, aged eight,...

Hume bikers join in the Ned Kelly rights fight

Last Saturday the roar of motorcycle engines stopped traffic in Melbourne’s CBD. The riders had come from Glenrowan and Mansfield, Epping and Sunbury, Broadmeadows and...

Carbon tax axing: No joy for Hume, Whittlesea ratepayers

Hume, Whittlesea and Macedon Ranges residents are unlikely to see any reduction in council rates or charges despite last month’s removal of the carbon...

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Help save koalas in September

For the rest of September, the Australian Koala Foundation is inviting wildlife lovers from all over the world to ‘Join the Chorus’ of support...