Diwali used to campaign against family violence
A social media campaign has been launched to help combat family violence in the Indian community in the lead-up to its Diwali festival.
Jagriti –...
Farmers fear for survival
A group of frustrated Werribee South farmers have accused Southern Rural Water (SRW) and the state government of putting the horse before the cart...
Purrs of Point Cook celebrates is first birthday
A Point Cook cat rescue service will celebrate its first birthday in the most purrfect way on Saturday.
Purrs of Point Cook will throw a...
More Double-decker buses planned for Wyndham
More double-decker buses could be driving around Wyndham under a plan by bus operator CDC Melbourne.
Public Transport Victoria has confirmed that it’s evaluating a...
Wyndham drivers put dampener on cup weekend
The number of drivers nabbed for being under the influence of drugs and alcohol during five days of the Melbourne Cup weekend in Wyndham...
Soroptimist International comes to Wyndham
A female service club that offers support to women and children in need is opening up a chapter in Wyndham. And it needs your...
New mayor brings ‘big plans’
Dealing with issues that come with growth will be the main focus of Wyndham’s new mayor, Adele Hegedich.
Speaking to Star Weekly last week, the...
East Werribee precinct one step closer
A high-rise education precinct is on the cards for East Werribee.
The state government last week announced the Australian Education City consortium, an Australian owned...
Jobless, but not for want of trying
All Caryn Hearsch wants to do is work. But the Hoppers Crossing resident is struggling to find a job, despite sending off 359 applications...
Wish arrives on wheels
For Molly Cummins, wishes really do come true.
The 18-year-old Werribee woman this week had her wish granted by the Make a Wish Foundation when...
Ray of kindness for cancer families
After losing his mother to pancreatic cancer earlier this year, Hoppers Crossing’s Ray Schembri wanted to help others who found themselves in similar situations.
The...
Sir Gustav holds forth at Barry Jones Oration
Research biologist and former Australian of the year Sir Gustav Nossal was the guest speaker at the fourth annual Barry Jones Oration last week.
Sir...
Emergency wait times lengthen at Mercy
Patients presenting at Werribee Mercy Hospital’s emergency department are facing increasingly longer waiting times as population growth strains hospital services.
The recently released Victorian Health...
Rocks rile Hoppers Crossing residents
A pair of Hoppers Crossing residents are furious after works to lay fibre cables ruined their naturestrips and driveways.
Monteath Crescent resident Bill Woodall and...
A call to remember
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent.
The armistice between...