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Have your say on Highgate Recreation Reserve concept design
The concept plans for Hume council’s Highgate Recreation Reserve playspace upgrades are open for community feedback until December 16. After receiving community feedback in 2021,…
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Swing to Libs in north
Some of the biggest swings towards the Liberal Party during Saturday’s state election were recorded in Melbourne’s outer north. But despite an increasing increasing number…
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Australian measurement system turns 75
Australia’s measurement system celebrated a milestone birthday this week. On Monday, November 28, it was 75 years since Australia join the Metre Treaty, or the…
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Injury a major cause of Australian hospitalisations
Most injuries – accidental or intentional – are preventable, yet are the major cause of hospitalisation and death in Australia, including in Hume and Whittlesea,…
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Retails sales fall
Australian retail turnover fell 0.2 per cent in October, for the first time in 2022, according to recent data. Figures released by the Australian Bureau…
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Electoral commission launches First Nations enrolment drive
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has launched a month-long campaign aimed at encouraging First Nations Australians to enrol to vote. Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers said…
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Liverpool brings academy to Kilmore
English Premier League giants Liverpool will run their academy program at Assumption College from next year. The club announced the expansion of its international academy…
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Kathleen Matthews-Ward to become new Broadmeadows MP
Labor’s Kathleen Matthews-Ward will succeed Frank McGuire as Broadmeadows MP. Ms Matthews-Ward had secured 47 per cent of first preference votes on Sunday, with 60…
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Lily D’Ambrosio to be re-elected in Mill Park
Labor’s Lily D’Ambrosio will win the seat of Mill Park, despite a 14 per cent swing to the Liberal Party. Ms D’Ambrosio had secured 50…
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Labor likely to hold Yan Yean
Labor’s Lauren Kathage looks likely to have won the seat of Yan Yean, leading Liberal candidate Richard Welch on Sunday afternoon, with 53 per cent…
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Bronwyn Halfpenny to be re-elected in Thomastown
Bronwyn Halfpenny will be re-elected in the Thomastown electorate. The Labor MP had secured 52 per cent of first preference votes as of Sunday, with…
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Labor wins Greenvale
Voters in the new seat of Greenvale have elected Labor’s Iwan Walters to state Parliament. According to the Victorian Electoral Commission, Mr Walters had secured…
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