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Just Planet: Sunbury forum puts the spotlight on fair trade
There are seeds, creeds and feeds on Norman Palumbo’s agenda as he invites the community to join him in a conversation about fair trade this…
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Education apps
The school bags of primary and secondary students are considerably lighter this year as more and more Victorian schools swap textbooks for tablets as the…
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Sunbury out of Hume: Cabinet to consider panel report
The Sunbury out of Hume panel report is likely to go before the Coalition cabinet before it sees the light of day publicly. In a…
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Medical marijuana: Mernda arrest prompts call to decriminalise drug
Medical marijuana should be decriminalised and the drug cleared for use on a variety of health conditions, according to the Epilepsy Foundation. The call comes…
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Sunbury blokes get an extra shed at Evans Street
More men will be ‘at work’ in Sunbury after a second Men’s Shed in the town threw open its doors to welcome new members on…
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Mernda, Doreen residents urge council to reject Coles’ bid
Mernda’s push for a “traditional” town centre and shopping complex has hit a snag. Locals claim Whittlesea council should not give a permit to supermarket…
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Punters’ losses mount as $11,000 an hour go down the pokies slot
Hume and Whittlesea punters have spent almost $200 million on poker machines in the past year – about $11,000 an hour in each city. Annual…
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Epping: Global syndicate’s 40-year new market deal
The massive warehousing for Epping’s new state-of-the-art fruit, vegetable and flower market will be built by a global partnership. The partnership will also be granted…
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Greek judge Emilios Kyrou steps up to Court of Appeal
Broadmeadows has changed a lot since Emilios Kyrou grew up there during the heyday of Ford. Victoria’s first Greek-born judge arrived in 1968, aged eight,…
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Hume bikers join in the Ned Kelly rights fight
Last Saturday the roar of motorcycle engines stopped traffic in Melbourne’s CBD. The riders had come from Glenrowan and Mansfield, Epping and Sunbury, Broadmeadows and…
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Carbon tax axing: No joy for Hume, Whittlesea ratepayers
Hume, Whittlesea and Macedon Ranges residents are unlikely to see any reduction in council rates or charges despite last month’s removal of the carbon tax.…
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Gunung-Willam-Balluk centre: A haven for three tribes
While the Melbourne CBD grows ever higher on the horizon, the Gunung-Willam-Balluk Indigenous Education Centre at Broadmeadows is morphing just as dramatically back into its…
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