Tag: News
Appeal for witnesses following alleged Broadmeadows stabbing
Police are appealing for witnesses after an alleged stabbing at a Broadmeadows supermarket last night.
Police were called to the Pascoe Vale Road store after...
Victoria to face five day lockdown
Victoria will go into lockdown tonight, with only five reasons to leave home.
The lockdown, announced by Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews, will last for five...
More COVID-19 exposure sites identified
Exposure sites in Epping, Campbellfield, Craigieburn and Broadmeadows have been identified.
Five sites have been identified as tier one exposure sites.
Anyone who attended any of...
La Trobe to cut hundreds of staff
Two hundred full time positions at La Trobe University may be lost under a change proposal, which started an organisation-wide consultation process today.
According to...
Broadmeadows Central COVID-19 vaccine kiosk
Shoppers at Broadmeadows Central shopping centre can add booking a COVID-19 vaccine to their list of tasks this week.
The federal government has set up...
More Craigieburn COVID-19 cases
A man in his 30s, who visited Coles at Craigieburn Central at the same time as a member of the City of Hume family...
Kalkallo businesses identified as tier one exposure sites
Two Kalkallo businesses have been identified as tier one COVID-19 exposure sites.
Caltex and Hungry Jack’s on the Hume Highway have been listed as tier...
Third Hume resident tests positive to COVID-19
Update: Exposure sites in Craigieburn and Broadmeadows have been linked to a Hume family who travelled to Victoria from Sydney.
The family returned from Sydney...
Jobless rate tops state
Broadmeadows and surrounding suburbs continue to have the highest jobless rates in Victoria four years after the state government announced funding to tackle the...
Chasing the big breaks
A Tullamarine business owner is looking to “revitalise” the nation’s interest in the sport of pool.
Titus Raihman owns Pockets pool hall and nightclub in...
Fortnightly rubbish collection planned
Fortnightly garbage bin collections will begin in Whittlesea in 2023-24, while a Hume councillor is hopeful his municipality will follow suit.
Whittlesea is planning to...
Exhibition makes people pause
Works created by local artists while in COVID-19 lockdown last year form the basis of a new exhibition.
Whittlesea council's Paused exhibition, opened earlier this...
Site chosen for north’s first gathering place
The first Aboriginal Gathering Place (AGP) in northern metropolitan Melbourne will be built in South Morang.
At a council meeting last week, Whittlesea council decided...
Helping pets find a home
More animals will be able to find their forever homes thanks to a new state government animal welfare grant.
The Individual Pet Rehoming Grants program...
PRACC closure costs council
A decision to transform the Plenty Ranges Arts and Convention Centre into a mass vaccination hub has cost Whittlesea council about $1.2 million, it...