Melton battleground fear when groups descend town
There are fears Melton will be turned into a battleground next month when anti-Islam and anti-racist groups descend on the town.
Anti-Islam group True Blue...
Court refuses jail appeal
A court of appeals judge has recognised that a 23-year-old man jailed for armed robbery faces a real danger of becoming institutionalised.
However Justice Phillip...
Police search for missing woman Nicole Goudge
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing woman Nicole Goudge.
The 24-year-old was last seen leaving a residential address on Old Melbourne...
New language no trouble to P-9s
Meet some of the state’s best young Indonesian speakers.
These eight Point Cook P-9 College students (right) are all smiles after stellar performances at the...
Pokemon GO players urged to remain vigilant
Melton’s emergency services are urging people to remain vigilant while roaming the streets playing Pokemon GO.
Police sergeant Kevin Dans said that while there was...
Koori language brought to life at Melton West Primary School
Mathew Gardiner beams with pride as he helps prep pupils with the sounds of the Woi Wurrung language, which has been “dormant” for several...
Ballan mourns Western Freeway crash victim
Tributes continue for a Ballan man who died after his car burst into flames in a road smash.
Nik Barbara, 21, died at the scene...
Calls for demolition of abandoned Kurunjang house
Residents are calling for the demolition of an abandoned and derelict Kurunjang house which has become a local haunt for young people.
The house was...
Domestic violence calls surge by 30 per cent
Women’s Health West took almost 20,000 calls for help from domestic violence victims and police in the past financial year – a 30 per...
Water the new gold for Bacchus Marsh farmers
A Bacchus Marsh vegetable farmer may just have bought the most expensive water in Victoria.
Table Top Vegetable Company owner Michael Pigott paid more than...
Ice-connected violence on rise in Melton
The number of people caught using methamphetamine, or ‘ice’, in Melton has quadrupled in the past three years, new data shows.
And ice users are...
Moorabool Council ‘can do better’: residents
Moorabool council’s chief executive says it is “disheartening” to discover that people don’t think things are improving across the shire.
“It’s disheartening that there’s no...
Footy club rivals rally to raise money for cancer
Footy club rivals will come together to raise money for four Moorabool families who have been hit hard by cancer.
A mother and three fathers of...
More space on the horizon for Moorabool youth
The hunt is on in Moorabool for a place young people can call their own.
Feedback to Moorabool council’s Youth Spaces feasibility study is urging...
Fatality on Western Freeway
UPDATE: A 21-year-old Ballan man has died following a serious collision involving a truck and a car on the Western Freeway.
The truck was travelling towards...
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Reigning premiers Melton has welcomed three players back to the club for this year’s Ballarat Football League season. Coach Troy Scoble revealed on...
