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01 Sep 10 |
HOBSONS Bay Council has welcomed a state government and Municipal Association of Victoria campaign to prevent violence against women.
In 2008-09, police recorded 504 cases of family domest
01 Sep 10 | HOBSONS Bay Council has sent a delegation to its indigenous sister city of Yarrabah in far north Queensland.
Yarrabah, seven kilometres from Cairns, has a population of about 4000.
Hobsons Bay c
01 Sep 10 | BONE and muscle injuries to Hobsons Bay workers cost WorkSafe Victoria more than $37million last year, the fifth-highest tally among Greater Melbourne councils, according to figures released by WorkSa
01 Sep 10 | BRAYBROOK and Maidstone residents will be able to access the internet a lot easier, with the Braybrook and Maidstone Neighbourhood Centre set to receive nine new computers.
The computers, issued
01 Sep 10 | FORMER Labor member for Melbourne Lindsay Tanner has been appointed the inaugural Vice-Chancellor's Fellow at Victoria University.
The retiring minister for finance will work with researchers in b
01 Sep 10 | MARIBYRNONG Makers Group,
which offers local artists a chance to display and sell their work, will hold its third market of the year next week.
The group has been organising the markets, with
01 Sep 10 | MARIBYRNONG Council will strengthen its program to prevent violence against women.
The program received a boost after the state government, in partnership with the Municipal Association of Vi
01 Sep 10 | A NEW campaign has been launched to tackle the growing menace of people carrying knives in the western suburbs.
Recent research by Victoria University found that 70per cent of people aged 15 to 19
01 Sep 10 |
A MULTI-million-dollar investment and a 21-year lease have sealed the future of Seaworks in Williamstown as a maritime tourist destination and the state's boatbuilding capital.
Parks Vi
01 Sep 10 |
A COMMUNITY backlash to the Footscray CBD parking strategy has resulted in a parking re-think by Maribyrnong Council.
The council will provide an education program to "better educate the commu
01 Sep 10 |
MARIBYRNONG Council has moved to ease community concerns over the future of gum trees in the Yarraville Station Plaza.
Council manager of city design Matt Slavin is confident the $738,000 plaz
01 Sep 10 | RESIDENTS will get their chance to tell politicians what they think of Victoria's transport system ahead of this year's state election.
Metropolitan Transport Forum is organising town hall communit
01 Sep 10 | SARAH Mollison is a familiar face at Maryland in the US because of her lacrosse feats. Now it's time for us to honour our hero.
01 Sep 10 | PARKING woes in central Footscray are escalating following the closure of two large car parks at the former Forges department store.
01 Sep 10 | A FISHY concept dreamed up by Altona North students has won Victoria University's annual 'I Plan a Business' contest.
Emmanuel College students Einar Dela Cruz, Simon Naval and Lorenzo Alforque won
01 Sep 10 | STUDENTS at Bayside College in Altona North are swapping books to mark today's national Indigenous Literacy Day.
The great book swap, where classmates raise funds by trading their favourite books,
01 Sep 10 |
HOBSONS Bay Council has welcomed a state government and Municipal Association of Victoria campaign to prevent violence against women.
In 2008-09, police recorded 504 cases of family domest
01 Sep 10 | MORE than 1.5million people have experienced the first digital planetarium in the southern hemisphere at Scienceworks in Spotswood, with sell-out shows wrapping up the Discover the Night Sky series.b
01 Sep 10 | A WEST Gate Bridge exhibit, which opened at Scienceworks on Monday, provides a nuts-and-bolts look at one of Melbourne's most iconic structures.
Five hundred workers are working on the state gover
01 Sep 10 | WILLIAMSTOWN traders are angry about a "nightmare" parking situation which they say has worsened after the introduction of two-hour parking in Lenore Crescent.
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