MH17 DISASTER: Your tributes to Albert and Maree Rizk
The Sunbury community has been paying tribute to Maree and Albert Rizk (below) following their deaths on board Flight MH17 over Ukraine. Here's what...
Thomastown: Three houses hit with petrol bombs
Three neighbouring houses in Thomastown were attacked with Molotov cocktails in the early hours on Friday.
Emergency services were called to Victoria Drive, Thomastown, about...
MH17 DISASTER: Sunbury husband and wife killed over Ukraine
UPDATE: Tributes have been pouring in for Sunbury's Albert and Maree Rizk, who were aboard the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine.
The...
Coolaroo mosque: Objectors lose appeal at VCAT
Broadmeadows Progress Association heads John and Sonya Rutherford have lost their appeal against plans for a Shi’ite mosque in Coolaroo.
Hume council granted a permit...
The Middle Years
Giving students a voice in an environment that reflects the growing identity and values of their...
Maria Vamvakinou blasts Tony Abbott over north jobs neglect
With Victoria’s unemployment rate at its highest level in a decade, Calwell MP Maria Vamvakinou has slammed changes to federal funding for entrepreneurs and...
Bulla tip: CFA out of loop over extension, public meeting told
A public meeting about ongoing problems and fire at the Bulla tip has been told there was no consultation with the CFA when Hume...
Whittlesea council officer shares lessons learned on the land
Life on a farm holds no secrets for Annemaree Docking, Whittlesea council’s first agri-business officer.
She left her Doncaster home for rural Victoria when she...
Aged-care agencies blast ‘disgraceful’ federal cuts
The aged-care sector is in shock after the federal government’s sudden decision to cut funding for dementia patients.
The decision to axe the dementia and...
Kids Under Cover: Van raffle helps the homeless
About 23,000 people sleep rough around Victoria on any given night, and almost half of them are under 25.
And there has been a 17...
Hume saviours solve income tax puzzles at community centres
People earning less than $50,000 a year are eligible for a free tax-help service offered through Hume council’s community centres.
The local service, run in...
Bundoora: Scarred trees at RMIT campus a powerful symbol
The gnarled gum trees scattered across the Bundoora campus of RMIT University stand sentinel to times long before British settlement of the land the...
Preston car crash: Craigieburn man charged
Major Collision Investigation Group detectives have charged a 27-year-old Craigieburn man in relation to a police pursuit and subsequent car crash in Preston.
The crash...
North trains ‘neglected’, says Yan Yean MP Danielle Green
Yan Yean MP Danielle Green has slammed the Napthine government’s public transport plan and committed a Labor government to building a railway station at...
Sunbury out of Hume: Group seeks swift action on report
The Sunbury Residents Association has called for the immediate release of the Sunbury out of Hume panel report so the town can divorce itself...
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Kabbadi is coming to Victoria
Tickets for the first ever Pro Kabbadi League exhibition match to be played on Australian soil are now on sale.
Kabaddi – the second biggest...
