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Something for everyone at ALWAYS LIVE
ALWAYS LIVE is back for 2024, with hundreds of artists set to pack out live music venues and bring thousands of visitors to Victoria from…
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Grants to help celebrate diversity and pride
The state government is supporting event organisers to host a range of inclusive events celebrating Victoria’s diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex,…
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Rental taskforce cracking down on sub-par properties
The state government’s renting taskforce team is now attending rental inspections across Victoria to check that rental properties meet the mandatory minimum standards. Letting a…
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Health Star Rating on food packaging could be mandatory
Food regulators will make Health Star Ratings compulsory if the industry fails to reach 70 per cent voluntary uptake by November 2025. The move has…
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Boost for maths learning
Support for more teachers to become mathematics specialists is on the way, ensuring Victorian primary school students get the best maths education Education Minister Ben…
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All invited to VU open days
Victoria University (VU) is welcoming prospective students, friends and family to three open days in 2024. VU is expanding its open day events to include…
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State announces injured worker upskilling program
The state government announced that it will investigate rolling out a statewide program aimed at helping injured workers to re-skill as Vocational Education Trainers. Education…
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Don’t bin it, recycle it
The launch of a coffee cup recycling program in Melton means caffeinated residents can stop more than 50,000 paper cups going to landfill. The trial…
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Primary school warms up for bushfire season
Toolern Vale and District Primary School is ready to take on the upcoming bushfire season. The school has received $23,5000 from the state government as…
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A musical showcase
The musical talents of the Hobsons Bay City Band will be on show at the Altona City Theatre on August 25 when the band takes…
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Changing lives through recycling
TOMRA Cleanaway’s Victorian Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) network has been making a difference in the lives of many in the north and west since its…
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Punjabi celebration dances into Bacchus Marsh
Moorabool residents can look forward to a special Punjabi celebration on Sunday, August 25. Unite Foundation, a Bacchus Marsh based not-for-profit organisation, will host its…
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Donations offer a hot meal
Those doing it tough in Melbourne’s west will now be able to enjoy hot meals at home. Ravenhall charity Western Emergency Relief Network (WERN) have…
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Never walk alone
There is still time to register for this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day walk, ran by Lifeline Western Melbourne. On September 10, nine laps of…
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Djirra keeps the fire burning in the west
For more than 20 years, Indigenous organisation Djirra has been committed to a future without family violence. One year since setting up in Melton, the…
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