Sunbury decides: Voters ask for clarity
Twenty per cent of about 118,000 Hume voters have cast their vote over whether Sunbury forms its own shire or stays part of Hume...
Growth areas gain in childhood support
The state government has recognised the need for early childhood intervention support in Melbourne’s growth corridors, with a bulk of new places dedicated for...
Jump on board Whittlesea transport campaign
With Melbourne’s CBD in plain sight, Whittlesea’s fast-growing northern ’burbs have plenty of bus stops, but no buses to stop.
And the train line goes...
Hume mayoral tug ’o’ war begins
Battle lines are being drawn for this month’s Hume council mayoral election, with one councillor declaring his hand and another saying she’s considering standing.
Last...
Poo power more than a pipe dream
There’s more to poo than meets the eye … or the nose, for that matter. It’s the matter, in fact, that is adding grunt...
Melbourne Airport gas drama over
LATEST: A gas leak that forced the evacuation of more than 100 passengers from a Melbourne Airport terminal has been resolved.
Travellers and staff were evacuated...
Out of arts ‘ghetto’, into festival
Melbourne’s fringe suburbs are becoming increasingly culturally isolated as the city expands, according to the head of a not-for-profit performing arts group.
Outer Urban Projects...
Hume-Timor bond broadens
Hume council’s Timor Leste friendship is set to expand, with inclusion of the Melbourne CERES centre’s global arm into projects that Hume co-ordinates with...
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...
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Civic service into the future
With a heritage of more than half a century, there is lots that can be said about the Honda Civic.
No navel gazing here,...
