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Expectant mums can visit GPs for antenatal care
Expectant mums will be able to consult their own doctor during most pregnancies under a model used at Werribee Mercy Hospital. The Shared Maternity…
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Nine-hour blitz nets $275,000 in unpaid fines
A nine-hour police blitz on Melton drivers netted more than $275,000 in unpaid fines last week. Police used automatic numberplate recognition to identify offenders in…
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Positives drawn from Broadmeadows summit
Broadmeadows will finally get its northern city gateway – a tree boulevard and improved road interchanges along its Pascoe Vale Road town entrance. The oft-neglected…
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Alcohol still a bigger health issue than ice
Despite widespread fears about the use of crystal methamphetamine, paramedics are being called to fewer ice-related incidents in Hume and Whittlesea. According to a new…
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Cash splash for local schools
Dilapidated classrooms and old halls at 16 schools in Hume and Whittlesea are set for a $4.2 million makeover. Education Minister James Merlino last week…
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Microchip helps return cat after three years
To the surprise of his dumbfounded owner, Charlie, a ginger tabby cat, arrived home last week after a three-year walkabout. Suzanne who asked that her…
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‘King Jack’ simply gets on with it
The man known by some Sunbury residents as King Jack remains as enthusiastic and enterprising as ever as he continues to recover from a major…
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Third toxic dump for the north?
A site near Melbourne Airport has been earmarked as a likely dumping ground for soil that may contain contaminants, which were excavated for the Melbourne…
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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…
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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 to…
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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…
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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,…
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