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Children's day Celebrate Children's Day on Thursday, November 28, 10.30-12.30pm at Homestead Community and Learning Centre, 30 Whiltshire Road, Roxburgh Park.
Bell elected after re-count | Northern
6 hours ago · The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) performed the re-count on Tuesday, November 12, after it was requested by Jacksons Hill Ward candidate Natalie Harrison. In the initial VEC count, Ms Harrison was behind Mr Bell by just eight votes, where she received 6203 votes after preferences while incumbent councillor Mr Bell polled 6211 votes.
Prince goes big | Northern
5 hours ago · 14/11/2024. Talwinder Prince (left) hit 162 not out on Tuesday night. (Supplied) Tara Murray. Making 162 as a team is seen as a respectable score in many T20 matches. For Merrifield’s Talwinder Prince that was his individual score on Tuesday night as his side accounted for Moonee Valley in the North West Metropolitan Cricket Association T20 ...
Candidate calls for recount | Northern
3 days ago · The results for the 2024 Hume council election were declared. (Damjan Janevski). 336543_02. Jacksons Hill Ward candidate Natalie Harrison has called for a recount after missing out on a spot on Hume council by just eight votes. Ms Harrison received 6203 votes after preferences while incumbent councillor Jarrod Bell polled 6211 votes.
Police at 'breaking point' | Northern
3 days ago · 11/11/2024. Melissa Meehan, AAP. Police across Victoria will walk off the job for the first time in more than 20 years as their fight for a better pay deal intensifies. Officers will leave their stations for 30-minute blocks as part of a series of stop-work meetings. The strike action will begin at the police academy and Broadmeadows police ...
New faces join Whittlesea | Northern
3 days ago · Councillors have been elected to represent the City of Whittlesea for the first time since March 2020. The new council will likely feature three former councillors, including two who were part of the team sacked by the state government in 2020, and eight fresh faces. The state government has appointed two municipal monitors to oversee the new ...
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Illicit tobacco seized in Craigieburn. 07/11/2024. A Craigieburn man has been arrested after police seized almost 200,000 illicit cigarettes and 255kilograms of looseleaf tobacco as part of a targeted investigation...
Two monitors appointed to Whittlesea | Northern
06/11/2024. Outgoing Whittlesea council administrator Peita Duncan and former Geelong council municipal monitor Jude Munro have been appointed to oversee the new Whittlesea council. As reported by Star Weekly, the state government has decided to install municipal monitors at Whittlesea to oversee the new councillors during their first 12 months ...
Former councillor's 'unfinished business' | Northern
Sep 16, 2024 · Former councillors Lawrie Cox and Stevan Kozmevski have nominated for the Ganbu Gulinj and Lalor wards respectively. Mr Cox served on council from 1979-1986 and then from October 2016- March 2020, when the council was sacked by the state government. Mr Kozmevski had been a councillor for more than 20 years when the council was dismissed.
Record patient numbers put Northern Hospital under strain
29/09/2021. Record numbers of patients are presenting to Northern Hospital for healthcare as the northern suburbs continue to be the centre of the latest COVID-19 outbreak. Northern Health chief operating officer Debra Bourne said 362 patients were seen at the hospital’s emergency department last night, following a record number of patients ...