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Stink over Toolern Vale and District Primary School yard plugged
Faulty septic tanks at Toolern Vale and District Primary School will finally be replaced after years of complaints about the “awful stench” and countless promises…
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A grow glow for Melton South Primary School
Green thumbs Jordan, Maggie and Seth spent last month planting fruit trees and greening Melton South Primary School. The grade 4 pupils were taking part…
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Are you the fairest of them all?
“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of all?” “My queen, you are the fairest here so true. But Snow White is a…
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Embattled MP Don Nardella makes his case
You and Tarneit MP Telmo Languiller are being criticised for claiming a second residence allowance designed for regional MPs. What situation have you found yourself…
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Calling all paws for leap into big Million Paws Walk
Are you enthusiastic? Highly organised? Obsessed with your pooches? Then RSPCA Victoria might have just the right chance for you to step up to the…
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Melton health hub under way
Construction has started on a multimillion dollar health hub at Melton. Health Minister Jill Hennessy and Melton MP Don Nardella last month ‘turned the first…
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Justin Mammarella eyes Melton seat
Former Melton councillor and four-time mayor Justin Mammarella is set to return to public life, saying he will run for the seat of Melton at…
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Don Nardella resigns from Labor Party
UPDATE: Melton MP Don Nardella has been kicked out of the Labor Party caucus for refusing to pay back more than $100,000 he claimed in…
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Drive-by shooting at Melton
A family, including three young children, was sleeping when their Melton house was peppered with bullets in a drive-by shooting last month. A number of…
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Don Nardella faces pay back clamour
Pressure is mounting on Melton MP Don Nardella to pay back more than $100,000 in allowances he claimed over almost three years. The deputy speaker…
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Books bring out the best
James Quinn loves a good book, and mum Melissa is doing all she can to instill in the 22-month-old a lifelong love of books, reading…
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Moorabool council joins call for kinder cash
Moorabool council has joined in calls for the federal government to continue funding four-year-old kindergarten places amid concerns children could lose up to five hours…
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Riffs from a Melton West bedroom
Sam Bassal spent months holed up in his Melton West bedroom producing his band’s debut album. “It’s easier that I can do everything myself, and…
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Silence adds to Ravenhall landfill angst
Pressure is mounting on the state government to release an independent planning panel report it received more than a month ago assessing an application to…
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Salute to Melton railway station history
There’s nothing like it … literally. The Melton railway station, built in the 1890s, is the only ‘Kaniva’-design station to continue to be used for…
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