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Immunisation inroads
A Thomastown early-learning centre for Aboriginal children and families is turning around low immunisation rates and helping others get the message, too. About six weeks…
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Premier defends Sunbury secession review
Premier Daniel Andrews visited Sunbury today where he defended the review of the town’s planned secession from Hume. Speaking at Sunbury College, where he was making…
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Epping man charged after training scam raid
An Epping man is one of three men to have been charged with a series of offences relating to a criminal syndicate that allegedly exploited…
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Council tightens up on sports funding
Hume council has revised its sports grants program to put a stop to funds flowing to private interstate and international sports tours, and to sports…
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Fresh food off the back of a truck
Asylum seekers can now access fresh fruit and vegetables after the city-based Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) set up a mobile outpost at Thomastown. From…
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No greater gift
Anita Miler’s mother and four friends have all offered to donate a kidney to her. But because of the would-be donors’ age or blood type,…
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Carpark mired in mud and blame
Mill Park MP Lily D’Ambrosio and Yan Yean MP Danielle Green last week called on the council to fast-track approval of Public Transport Victoria’s (PTV)…
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On a mission to force council to clean “city of s**t”
A Meadow Heights resident is on a mission to force Hume council to clean up piles of dumped rubbish. John Mitchell offered to take Star…
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Food Bank helps avoid hard choices
Tough economic times are forcing more Victorians to choose between heating or eating this winter. Single dad Tom, who didn’t want to reveal his surname,…
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Runaway groom arrested in Campbellfield
Runaway groom Murat Shomshe, who skipped out on his new bride and the law, has been arrested. Shomshe, 33, who goes by the name I-am Houdini on Facebook, was…
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Sunbury split: Hume seeks its share
Hume council has added its voice to the great number of views expressed to the auditors reviewing plans for an independent Sunbury. Councillors last week…
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Hume council’s Interface Growth Fund wish list
Hume council has called on the state government to put $9 million towards redeveloping Broadmeadows’ former town hall. The $20.2 million redevelopment is one of three major…
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