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Trade accreditation for caravan industry
A peak caravan industry body has partnered with Wodonga TAFE to offer formal qualifications in caravan manufacturing, servicing and repairs. Caravan Industry Australia’s (CIA) industry…
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Students with SmArts
Students from Hume Central Secondary College (HCSC) are getting a taste of university life as part of a program to encourage budding arts students to…
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Polite meeting mulls Sunbury secession process
Should a compulsory vote be held? Is there support for an independent Sunbury even if annual rates were to increase significantly? These were among questions…
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Cameras to catch dumpers
Dumping hotspots will have surveillance cameras installed if Whittlesea council’s recently appointed litter prevention officer has his way. The council received $200,000 from the state…
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McGuire questions social disadvantage report
Broadmeadows MP Frank McGuire has questioned a national report that singled out the suburb as being one of the most disadvantaged in the state. Jesuit…
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Fake council workers attempt to steal dog
A two-year-old blond Labrador from Roxburgh Park became the centre of an elaborate hoax last weekend. The pup, named Jax, was in the backyard when…
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Making sure all students eat up
A service that delivers school lunches to students who would otherwise go without is set to expand in Hume and Whittlesea. Eat Up founder Lyndon…
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Hume cleaning blitz
Hume is looking a bit more squeaky clean after a three-month, council-run clean-up. Council staff targeted six areas, carrying out repairs, removing graffiti and cleaning…
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Airport threatened with curfew
Hume council has consistently failed to protect Melbourne Airport’s buffer zone, an eminent Melbourne planning expert has claimed. Professor Michael Buxton, who heads RMIT University’s…
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High hopes for social cohesion forum
Social cohesion is becoming more than a buzz phrase in Hume. Five months after the state government announced it would spend $100,000 on local initiatives…
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Baby Guerilla’s latest mural highlights uni links
Prolific Footscray artist Baby Guerrilla explores notions of social connection in her latest giant paste-up for Victoria University. VU commissioned the renowned street artist to…
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You’re ever too old to learn to swim
You’re never too old to learn how to swim … and Heather Woodgate will vouch for it. The 60-year-old Hume resident was one of 60…
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