Preview: Wanda Sykes
WANDA SYKESWhere: RMIT Capitol Theatre, 113 Swanston St, cityWhen: Until April 8Call: 1300 660 013Visit: comedyfestival.com.auPreview: Daniel PaprothAS she arrives in Australia for the...
Review: The Lorax
THE LORAX (G)When: March 29Where: General releasePreview: Jan FisherHE is the Lorax and he speaks for the trees. But now he is part of...
TV: Agony Uncles
IN case you hadn’t noticed, The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is in town, and right across Melbourne blokes are fostering laughter from their failures...
With friends like these …
When a mate’s in trouble, sometimes the best thing to do is throw a party. Words and pictures by Stephen McKenzie.THERE'S an adage about...
See & Do: What’s on around town
Computer courses: Learn basic computer skills for employment, volunteering or further study. Classes run one day a week for 10 weeks, starting...
Snapping at top heels, Lions’ pride swells
SOUTH Morang Lions Football Club will start this season as the second-largest metropolitan football club in Victoria.Last season the Northern Football League club...
Ambo hitch ‘risked lives’
EIGHT people requiring life or death medical attention had to wait because of a city-wide Ambulance Victoria communications breakdown recently.An internal email to ambulance...
NBN rollout extended in northern suburbs
THE National Broadband Network will be rolled out in the outer northern suburbs over the next three years.Last week, the National Broadband Network Company...
A display to have you in stitches
WHO knew tapestry could be so interesting? Northern suburbs comedian Jodie J Hill is doing her best to answer that question during hilarious guided...
Harry Jenkins shrugs off Labor wipeout
FORMER Speaker and federal Labor MP Harry Jenkins is not concerned about his hold on the seat of Scullin after Labor's devastating wipeout at...
Rebuilding path to trade skills
A NEW trades training centre in Lalor will rebuild the pathways between young people and essential trades, the man behind it says.Keith Miller was...
Call to arms for flu shot
As winter approaches, Whittlesea council is urging people to get a flu vaccination.The council's manager of health and aged services, Neville Kurth, said influenza...
All points to north
WHITTLESEA township needs a councillor who lives in the area, community leaders say.With the Victorian Electoral Commission expected to announce two new councillor...
Thieves move in before owners
HOUSING developments around Donnybrook, South Morang and Doreen are being fleeced by thieves, police say.New taps, stovetops, ovens, hot water systems, fridges,...
Mayfield College bid: The decision, and why
HOW the councillors voted on the Mayfield Heritage Precinct Development Plan and what they said.Mayor Stevan Kozmevski – Against. This site is not appropriate...
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