Hospital violence taskforce
Werribee Mercy Hospital has welcomed a state government taskforce aimed at reducing attacks on hospital staff.
The government has established an occupational violence taskforce, headed...
Police road sting
More than 160 unregistered, unlicensed and disqualified drivers were caught in a single-day police sting across Wyndham and Brimbank last week.
Westgate road policing adviser...
Grow West celebrates
The Grow West team will put their green thumbs to work later this month to give a farm some much-needed tender loving care –...
In the swim
Could this be swimming’s next big thing?
Hoppers Crossing teen Emmason McCurley has her sights set on making the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo – and...
Giving Mercy a hand
The Hoppers Club is giving a Wyndham health service a helping hand. Club chairman Frank Aidone presented Werribee Mercy Hospital’s palliative care unit with...
Second chance for uni hopefuls
Like many of the students in her course, Kiandra Langdon is the first in her family to go to university.
Ms Langdon, 20, is one...
Doug Mullett’s flying doctor experience
Most people never require the services of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. But for one Werribee man, the service’s staff have come to his...
Man arrested over Tarneit siege
A man in his 30s has been arrested after barricading himself and his two kids for more than three hours in a Tarneit property...
CEO Kerry Thompson resigns
Wyndham council chief executive officer Kerry Thompson has resigned.
Mayor Peter Maynard announced Ms Thompson’s resignation on Monday afternoon, saying she was leaving the council...
Casey wows at Wyndham Rising Star contest
The Wyndham Rising Star competition is up and running, and Sean A’Hearn was there to see and hear three singer battle it out in...
Truganina’s Miss World Australia hopeful
When Jenna Seymour found out the Miss World Australia pageant was raising money for children’s charity Variety, she knew she had to sign up.
So,...
Airport shuttle service axed
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Wyndham residents will need to find other ways to get to Tullamarine airport from next month after Gull Airport Services announced plans to stop...
Unemployment hits 11.5 per cent in Werribee
Werribee has the third-highest number of unemployed residents in the state, according to the latest figures.
The March quarter small-area labour market statistics show that...
Teacher notches up 45 years service
For the past four decades, Wyndham children have been turning to Chris Dodd to help fix their problems.
No problem was ever too great, as...
Rail link boost for home prices
House prices in Wyndham Vale and Tarneit are set to increase following the opening of Regional Rail Link, according to a Wyndham real estate...
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Aloisi going nowhere
Western United coach John Aloisi has signed a new two-year contract to remain in the job.
The former Socceroo is Western United's longest serving coach...
