Parties mute on Old Geelong Road level crossing
Drivers and pedestrians are dicing with death at the Old Geelong Road level crossing, with six near-misses reported since May last year.
Yet neither Labor...
Hoppers Crossing’s Virgin Mary Mosque opens dialogue
Prominent Melbourne imam Sheikh Issa Musse wants to help the community learn more about the Muslims who call Wyndham home.
As imam at Hoppers Crossing’s...
Teen Khurram Jahanghir Khan puts his hand up to help
One of Khurram Jahanghir Khan’s students once asked him why he volunteered so much of his time.
His reply was simple: “There are 60 minutes...
Wyndham police levels ‘a disgrace’, says association
Wyndham has 108 fewer frontline police officers than the City of Greater Geelong, despite the cities having similar populations.
With law and order likely to...
Tarneit: Runaway car lands in empty bedroom
A Tarneit woman is thanking her lucky stars she was not in bed early last Sunday morning after a car smashed into the bedroom...
Point Cook: ‘Short-sighted’ concerns over senior secondary school
Point Cook residents are concerned the state government is not doing enough to plan for the future education of children after it failed to...
Race to be next Wyndham mayor is heating up
Harrison ward councillors Glenn Goodfellow and Adele Hegedich have confirmed their interest in becoming Wyndham’s next mayor.
Star Weekly understands at least two other councillors...
Head kick lands Werribee pub attacker 14 months in jail
A Werribee man who kicked another man’s head “like a football” in a brutal pub attack last year has been sentenced to 14 months’...
Urgent repairs at Werribee racecourse as international horses hit the track
Urgent repairs have been undertaken at Werribee racecourse after several international horses reportedly lost their footing in a hole on Tuesday morning.
Racing Victoria spokesman...
Manor Lakes College students graduate in caring
Manor Lakes College students Allen Toby and Isobelle Fletcher, with the Salvation Army’s Tim Size, display emergency packs that the college’s students have organised...
Taking the scentific approach at Werribee Mansion
Distinguished Australian scientist Suzanne Cory was the guest speaker at the third annual Barry Jones Oration, held at Werribee Mansion last week.
The Wyndham council...
State election: ‘Time to act’ on Mercy Hospital critical care
Six weeks out from the state election, federal Lalor MP Joanne Ryan has urged the state government to commit to building a critical care...
Chickens, duck decapitated at Point Cook school
Children at a Point Cook school are in shock after chickens and a duck they were looking after were decapitated.
Staff and students at Carranballac...
Region Rail Link: Tarneit, Wyndham Vale station use still six months away
The stations are complete, the tracks are finished and it's in good enough shape to run test trains at 160 km/h.
But Victorians won't be...
Wyndham level crossings endanger commuters, says council
Lengthy delays at level crossings are putting the safety and prosperity of residents in outer western Melbourne at risk, a local council says.
Boom gates...
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Singh Thatta technique approved
Healthcare workers who cannot shave due to religious, cultural or medical reasons now have a new technique they can use that allows them to...
