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  • Mixed ratings for train stations

    Mixed ratings for train stations

    Commuters have named three Whittlesea train stations as among the best in the state, while three other outer northern suburban stations have been revealed as…

  • Bringing bustle back to Whittlesea streets

    Bringing bustle back to Whittlesea streets

    Whittlesea council is on a mission to “bring life” to the municipality’s shopping strips by matching vacant shops with businesses. The Vacant to Vibrant program…

  • Hume teens on the catwalk

    Hume teens on the catwalk

    Two Hume teens are out to prove they’ve got what it takes to have a career on the catwalk. Broadmeadows’ Dante Munoz, 16, who has…

  • Whittlesea mayor fights back

    Whittlesea mayor fights back

    Whittlesea mayor Emilia Lisa Sterjova has claimed the governance issues at the council are the result of the “bullying” of two councillors, and has not…

  • Second chance needs help

    Second chance needs help

    A Craigieburn animal shelter could be forced to close its doors as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Second Chance Animal Rescue (SCAR), which opened…

  • Salvos call for food donations

    Salvos call for food donations

    The Craigieburn Salvation Army has put the call out for donations of non-perishable food as it struggles to fill its pantry. In a video posted…

  • Virus shuts down region

    Virus shuts down region

    Council-run events, programs at libraries and community houses, and theatre shows have been suspended in Whittlesea and Hume as the community grapples with the COVID-19…

  • Bringing the Hume community together online

    Bringing the Hume community together online

    The Hume community is being encouraged to tune into story times and fitness classes online over the coming weeks. On Friday, the council launched its…

  • Whittlesea council out within days

    Whittlesea council out within days

    Whittlesea council has been sacked by the state government. The bill to dismiss the council passed State Parliament this afternoon, with councillors to be replaced…

  • Interim administrator appointed to Whittlesea council

    Interim administrator appointed to Whittlesea council

    An interim administrator has been appointed to Whittlesea council. Local Government Minister Adem Somyurek appointed former Manningham, Yarra and Macedon Ranges council chief executive Lydia…

  • Whittlesea a ‘broken council’: monitor

    Whittlesea a ‘broken council’: monitor

    Whittlesea council has been described as a “broken council” in which “poisons run deep” by municipal monitor Yehudi Blacher. In a scathing report on the…

  • Legal disputes cost Whittlesea ratepayers

    Legal disputes cost Whittlesea ratepayers

    Whittlesea councillors have spent more than $500,000 on legal disputes between councillors and council’s former chief executives, a report by municipal monitor Yehudi Blacher has…

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