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Boots loot brought to heel in Mernda
A room piled high with work boots and shoes – believed to be thousands of pairs stolen from houses across the northern suburbs in the…
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Mernda gets its police station
Mernda police station is open – almost four years after a community campaign for a station in the growth suburb began. Victoria police opened the…
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Broadmeadows basketball bringing people together
Young refugees and migrants from across Hume are connecting with the local community through basketball. Between 20-30 young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds gather…
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Mural makeover for Mill Park playground
A Mill Park playground has been brightened up thanks to a group of young artists. The members of a Whittlesea council youth art group spent…
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Food Truck Festival ready to roll into Mernda
Attention Mernda: The food trucks are coming. The Food Truck Festival will be rolling into the Mernda Recreation Reserve on Schotters Road this week for…
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Young talent hits the stage for Broadmeadows showcase
Roodi Kanna and Yousif Aziz will take to the stage in the middle of Broadmeadows on Friday as part of a showcase to highlight the…
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Whittlesea council call to cut road trauma
More than 2600 people were injured on Whittlesea’s roads in the past five years, a new report reveals. Between 2012-16, there were 2603 injury…
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17,000 houses planned for Donnybrook, Woodstock
Tens of thousands of people are expected to call Donnybrook and Woodstock home in the coming years, after the state government unveiled plans to develop…
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Broadmeadows jobless rate highest in Victoria
Broadmeadows’ unemployment rate is continuing to climb, with one in four adults now jobless. Latest federal government employment figures reveal that the suburb’s unemployment rate…
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Whittlesea residents urged to cut long grass to reduce fire risk
Whittlesea residents have just 10 more days to ensure their grass isn’t too long, with the council about to begin its annual fire inspection program.…
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Call to fast track Wollert transport link
A feasibility study on a Wollert transport link will begin within five years, but residents say it is not soon enough. According to the recently…









