Energy ebbs from Rudd bid
Public energy efficiency programs funded under the Rudd government are in doubt, leaving Hume council and 47 other Victorian municipalities, up in the air...
Hume a hive of sustainability
Studying bees or growing food on a nature strip isn’t something most people would contemplate.
But for a group of Hume residents, these notions have...
Awards honour Hume go-getters
Blue and white-collar entrepreneurs rubbed shoulders at a recent Hume council ceremony for business award winners in 14 categories.
Twenty-two Hume businesses were recognised at...
Taskforce shifts focus from gamblers to pokies venues
Posters likening gambling to smoking are popping up across Melbourne’s north as part of a new Whittlesea Interagency Taskforce on Gambling (WITG) “product safety”...
Sunbury decides: Waters muddied in Hume-Sunbury poll
Tensions have emerged between Sunbury residents in the lead-up to voting on whether Sunbury stays in Hume or creates its own shire.
Supporters of secession...
Feeling empowered is great no matter how you say it
Making yourself understood is the single greatest challenge for many migrants resettling in Melbourne’s north – the critical difference between remaining an outsider and...
Students switched on
While tax agents may no longer have to count carbon, Victoria’s school students still have the formulas on their curriculum.
Last week, 12 more northern...
Vote for the future at Parade College
If the year 9 students at Parade College ran the country,
Australians would be healthier, greener, more generous and receive
harsher punishments for violent...
Northern schools win in campaign
Trade training is back in the schools of Melbourne’s north after almost a decade in the doldrums.
The past week brought a flurry of announcements...
No fun as school playgrounds shrink
POPULATION growth
and an increase in the number of portable classrooms has led to a loss
of schoolyard space, according to a report by...
Fast-track roles for Kangan students
BUILDING a car is the ultimate for motoring buffs around the
world, but building racing cars with one of the world’s top motorsport
teams...
Surplus takes a dive at NMIT
NORTHERN Melbourne Institute of TAFE recorded a 63 per cent drop in surplus from 2011 to 2012, according to an auditor-general’s report on tertiary...
Surplus takes a dive at NMIT
NORTHERN Melbourne Institute of TAFE recorded a 63 per cent drop in surplus from 2011 to 2012, according to an auditor-general’s report on tertiary...
Anti-bullying contest
SCHOOLS can enter a "Safe Schools are Smart Schools" competition to win $5000 by showing how they prevent bullying. McEwen MHR Rob Mitchell said schools...
Acacia College to become Gilson campus
ACACIA College has been sold to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Adventist Schools Victoria said the Mernda site would become a campus of its existing Gilson...
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Hot conditions prompt water safety warning
With predictions of a long, hot summer research from the Royal Life Saving Society Australia in partnership with Surf Life Saving Australia has prompted...
