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Craigieburn man detained over weapons, drugs in car
A 29-year-old Craigeburn man has been detained after police uncovered weapons and drugs in a Mercedese Benz during a random inspection in Melbourne’s CBD on…
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Sunbury drink driver crashes car through fence
A 61-year-old Sunbury man registered a blood alcohol content of 0.223 per cent after driving his red Holden Cruz through a fence in the early…
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FAMILIES ON THE EDGE: Whittlesea unit fights rising violence
New Victoria Police data shows an alarming rise in family violence in the City of Whittlesea. The figures show an average of 45 incidents of…
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South Morang: Scope seeks donations for respite house
A respite service provider is seeking donations to help furnish Whittlesea’s first respite centre, now under construction in South Morang. While funds to build disability…
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Mernda police station push: Premier cops flak over ‘no’ stance
Mernda police station campaigner Tom Joseph left the Liberal Party to take up a community cause that contradicted ‘the party line’. So it came as…
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Whittlesea, Hume councils resort to art to tackle graffiti
Tagging has given graffiti a bad name. What should be an urban artform is now more commonly called vandalism. And it’s forcing councils around Victoria…
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School parking: Whittlesea council report hits out at lazy parents
A parking assessment at Mernda and St Joseph’s primary schools suggests parents are being lazy by wanting parking “right outside the school gates”. The assessment…
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Thomastown: High Street clearway plan shown the red light
More than 900 people have signed a petition demanding that Whittlesea council drop plans for a clearway in High Street, Thomastown. Whittlesea south ward councillor…
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Mernda’s Carome Estate: Have your say over its future
A government body charged with restoring heritage properties on Crown land is calling on the community to help map out the future for Mernda’s Carome…
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Sunbury secession: ALP concerned over new council’s future
The state Labor Party has “serious questions” about a new city of Sunbury as the Napthine government moves to “gazette” the new municipality before November’s…
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Mernda: Astronaut Charlie Duke’s visit a real blast
A framed family photograph was left on the moon in 1972 by the youngest astronaut involved in NASA’s Apollo program. Charlie Duke was just 36…
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Doreen: Cannabis crop haul worth $1m seized from Laurimar Estate house
A tip-off from a neighbour led Whittlesea police to an alleged clandestine $1 million cannabis crop haul from a house in Doreen’s Laurimar Estate on…
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