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Business plan put on ice

A pair of entrepreneurial business partners have opened a cold storage facility opposite the soon-to-be opened wholesale market in Epping. Industry Minister Lily D’Ambrosio heaped...

Asbestos not being covered at Bulla tip

Community outrage and a televised expose have led Victoria’s Environment Protection Authority to audit operations at the Bulla Tip and Quarry, prompting the authority...

New job opportunities for South Morang

More than 500 new jobs will be created in South Morang once a new commercial development is completed within the next five years. Construction is...

Manufacturing workers thrown lifeline

La Trobe University is offering retrenched manufacturing workers a jobs lifeline. The university has tailored a 17-week free program for staff made redundant by Ford,...

Snow job done on sewerage system

It looked like snow and it’s definitely been chilly north of the CBD, but Wallan is not a place known for such events. To the...

Hume CFA in for an upgrade

It’s out with the old and in with the new at the Hume CFA’s base in Yuroke. State government funding will allow the fire brigade...

Mickleham Kilmore bushfire recovery review

The mop-up after the February 2014 Mickleham/Kilmore bushfires that raced across Melbourne’s north is being brought into sharp focus. Victoria’s inspector general for emergency management,...

St Monica’s girls catch footy fever

Women’s increasing influential role in AFL is catching on at the grassroots level. Since St Monica’s College began offering football for girls two years ago,...

Design a scarf for new Scout group

Scouts have been wearing scarves loosely knotted around their necks since 1911. To keep with tradition, the newly formed Epping North Scout Group wants to...

Whittlesea and Hume growth to outpace Geelong

The populations of Whittlesea and Hume will each mirror that of Geelong come 2031, the state government’s latest population report forecasts. The Victoria in Future...

Emergency service members to donate blood

As if they don't do enough to save lives, Melton’s emergency services workers are now rolling up their sleeves to donate blood. Melton police senior constable...

Pokies trial effectiveness questioned

Whittlesea’s gaming venues will not take part in a trial pre-commitment scheme for problem gamblers, despite being among the state’s most profitable pokies clubs. The...

Council rangers cop threats and abuse over dogs

Hume rangers have had threatening phone calls, emails and letters, been abused during court hearings, and one officer’s name and workplace was made public...

Forks on the road lead to new market

More than 800 forklifts will depart on a 32-kilometre journey from West Melbourne to Epping later this month. In a nod to the heavy lifting...

Toxic waste zone threatened once again

A group fighting development on buffer land which surrounds a contaminated former industrial tip at Tullamarine has called on Hume council to knock back...

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Room joy finally for Tulla

After years of pain and out in the conditions, Tullamarine cricketers and footballers now have a new place to call home at Leo Dineen...