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CD review: The Good Ship
CD The Good Ship O’ Exquisite Corpse Rousing Brisbane troublemakers The Good Ship follow up their 2010 debut Avast! Wretched Sea with another rollicking dose…
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Veteran Scullin MP Harry Jenkins learning to ‘let go’
AFTER a quarter of a century representing Scullin, MP Harry Jenkins admits he will probably find it hard to “let go” when initiatives he has…
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Call for South Morang rail extension to link nation’s fastest growing area
SOUTH Morang’s position as Australia’s largest population growth area has renewed the push for a rail extension into the area and beyond. Whittlesea council’s director…
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Artist son finds his father’s lost treasure
PROLIFIC artist Kenneth Jack used to trek out to Whittlesea from Malvern to draw inspiration for his paintings and etchings during his early period of…
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Whittlesea childcare hours boosted
WHITTLESEA parents will get access to increased childcare hours next year. Nineteen council kindergartens will offer 15 hours of care per week for four-year-olds in…
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Mill Park police raid nets drugs, cash and weapon
AN eight-month investigation into a suspected heroin ring in the north west has netted drugs, cash and stolen property and resulted in two men facing…
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Peter Lalor residents ‘dismayed’ by Whittlesea heritage overlay
RESIDENTS of the Peter Lalor estate have presented Whittlesea council with petitions containing 1200 signatures opposing a heritage overlay on their post-war houses. By last…
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London 2012: Draper out, Lay fights hard in singles
Keep up-to-date with Northern’s Olympians here. ARTHURS Creek resident Warwick Draper has been eliminated from the Canoe Slalom Kayak Single (K1). Needing to place 15th…
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Olympics: Northern’s best on show
OLYMPIC UPDATES Draper out, Lay still with team chance NORTHERN’S best are making us proud on the Olympic stage in London from Saturday – and…
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Stella performance for rising Young star
Alana Schetzer meets Stella Young, a self-described ‘crip’ who likes messing with the tactless. Don’t call Stella Young ‘‘inspirational’’. ‘‘I find it really patronising when…
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Sole men: single dads join forces for their kids
Linley Wilkie meets a group of fathers who are banding together to help their children – and each other. It’s an icy Wednesday evening in…
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Whittlesea rates up 5% under new budget
Whittlesea council last week adopted its 2012-13 budget despite fears it will increase rates by 5 per cent. Mayor Stevan Kozmevski said 2 per cent…
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