youth
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Selfless Tom is a rising star
For many 18-year-olds, the Rotary concept of “service above self” can be a somewhat foreign one. Not so for Tom Van Duijne, who was recently…
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Point Cook students’ teen taxi app wins kudos
Two Point Cook Secondary College students have used their business smarts to create an award-winning app idea. Year 10 students Vivian Nguyen and Chloe Pio…
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Scholarship fund keeping students in school
A tribute to a much-loved teacher is helping 15 students stay at school. A scholarship scheme was set up in memory of Wyndham Community and…
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Students brave chill to raise money for Vinnies
A chilly winter’s night was not enough to stop 36 Thomas Carr College students swapping their warm beds for the floor of the school gym…
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‘Sisters’ mentor teens
A program partnering disadvantaged teenage girls with mentors will be launched in Wyndham next year. The year-long SISTER2sister mentoring program, run by former Werribee resident…
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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…
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Youths get fit to drive
Senior students from six high schools in the west took driver safety into their own hands last week. Year 11 students from Hoppers Crossing…
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Westbourne students elected to parliament
Next week, these six Westbourne Grammar students will be running the state. Well, almost. Year 11 students Kiara Gashi, Isabelle Mountford, Luke Stack, Jackson Young,…
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