Tag: News
Nailing a new cafe
A repair cafe is on the cards for Mernda in a bid to tackle "throw away" culture.
Whittlesea council and Whittlesea Community Connections are planning...
COVID-19 fragments in Hume wastewater
The health department is continuing to urge Hume residents to watch for COVID-19 symptoms after the virus was detected in wastewater from the municipality.
The...
Metro Melbourne lockdown extended
Metro Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdown will be extended a further seven days.
Premier Daniel Andrews announced today that the sixth lockdown would be extended until at...
Study tracks declining health
Hume and Whittlesea residents are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to recent data.
The SiSU...
No place to call home
More than 600 hundred people living in the City of Whittlesea have no place to call home, prompting calls for more support to address...
Police investigating Wollert crash
Police are continuing to investigate a single vehicle crash in Wollert on Saturday which resulted in a three-year-old being taken to hospital with non-life-threatening...
Ilim College to be listed COVID-19 exposure site
Ilim College will be listed as a tier one COVID-19 exposure site, according to health officials.
Deputy secretary Kate Matson said Ilim College would be...
Fires stoke residents’ fears
Two fires in Hume in the past week have stirred up residents' fears once again.
Residents of Broadmeadows and surrounding suburbs were issued with an...
Tullamarine COVID-19 exposure site
O’Brien Glass in Tullamarine has been listed as a tier one COVID-19 exposure site.
The business on Butler Way has been listed as an exposure...
Men’s shed funds welcome
Whittlesea Men’s Shed has received over $4500 from the most recent round of the Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal’s (FRRR) Grants for Resilience &...
Art tells a shared story
The stories of the Stolen Generations are being shared in a new exhibition in Hume.
The exhibition brings together the work of Aboriginal artists and...
Police investigating Tullamarine truck rollover
Police are investigating a truck rollover in Tullamarine this morning.
Emergency services were called to the Western Ring Road following reports a truck had rolled...
Refugee’s story lives on
The widower of a poet is making his wife’s dream a reality, by seeing her work about the refugee experience published.
Waad Japrita’s wife Maryam...
Recycling station bids rejected
Two applications for recycling stations in Campbellfield have been knocked back by Hume council because they lacked "basic" information about the storage of waste...
Low jab rate in north-west
Melbourne’s north-west region has been revealed to have the state’s lowest rate of COVID-19 vaccination, with eligibility and the nature of the workforce being...
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Missing man’s remains found after murder charges laid
The remains of a man missing for almost a year have been found in Wildwood, months after a trio was charged in relation to...
