Legal services letting down youth: report
YOUNG people in Melbourne's west have poor access to legal information and help, a new research report has revealed.Compiled by the Wyndham Legal Service,...
Anzac Day: Requiem inspires a Vietnam veteran
WHEN man landed on the moon in July 1969, Daryl Ryan was clutching his rifle and creeping through the jungle alongside other young Australian...
Mercy Hospital patient rage rises
STAFF at the Werribee Mercy face an alarming number of violent outbursts from patients, says a nurse at the hospital, as pressure mounts...
Regional Rail Link: Noise won’t derail train support
RESIDENTS living along the stretch of land between Deer Park and Werribee's west slated for the Regional Rail Link are unfazed by a...
Bills worry for refugees
REFUGEES in Wyndham are being targeted by electricity companies hoping to convince them to change energy providers, says the Wyndham Legal Service.The service...
Road rescue team takes up the challenge
WERRIBEE CFA's road rescue team will be out to prove it's still the best in the country when it visits Hobart later this month.The...
V/Line vow on cable scrutiny after faults
V/LINE has vowed to check every section of cable on the Geelong line after train services were disrupted twice in one week by a...
Bus driver badly hurt in ‘taggers’ attack
A BUS driver was left with serious injuries after being bashed by five teenagers in a brutal attack outside Werribee Plaza last week.The...
Funding a boost for mental health
WERRIBEE Mercy Hospital hopes funding from the state government will help keep mental health patients out of hospital beds and in the community.As reported...
Toyota Altona sackings: Strong dollar comes at a cost for workforce
TOYOTA'S Altona manufacturing plant has not ruled out further redundancies over the next 12 months as the company on Monday began laying off...
Demand for Wyndham road action
WYNDHAM residents took to the street at the weekend, demanding the state government upgrade the municipality's worst roads.More than 60 people, including councillors and...
Budget wish list: Schools, roads a must
WYNDHAM Council and the city's MPs last week demanded the state government make the municipality a priority in its May budget.The council and...
Tricky tips from Stefano!
CIRCUS performer Stefano visited Wyndham Vale library last week to share his tips and tricks with budding clowns at a circus skills workshop as...
Foxtel Cup: Ho-hum win to Werribee Tigers
WERRIBEE Tigers made a raucous arrival on the nationwide Foxtel Cup scene, annihilating a deer-in-the-headlights Burnie Dockers by 133 points in a one-sided affair...
Bob’s call for urgent research on diabetes
TWELVE years ago Wyndham councillor Bob Fairclough received a phone call which changed his life.His doctor told him he had become one of the...
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Hospital board applicants encouraged
Victorians are being asked to consider how their leadership, financial skills, local knowledge and lived experience could benefit the state’s hospitals by joining ...
