Community News

Multicultural women can learn how to ride a bike, in a six-week program running in Maribyrnong.Ros Spence, Minister for Community Sport, commended the Empower Her Ride program, which has been running throughout November to help more women learn how to ride a bike.Made possible by the Change our Game program, the initiative is being delivered

Works have kicked off cking off to removing four level crossings and building a new Melton Station.Crews are now on the ground at all level crossing removal sites in Melton and Truganina.Temporary fencing and barriers have been set up around the project area to keep workers safe – and works are continuing ahead of piling

Police charged 20 alleged offenders and impounded five vehicles as part of Operation Buchan, in Epping.Concern about a rise in anti-social behaviour, drug use, impaired driving and theft offences around Cooper St led to the operation.Cooper St is a key arterial route that experiences significant vehicle and pedestrian traffic across day and night.Epping Police, along

Funding of $18 million has been announced to deliver two new kindergarten projects in the Melton local government area – which will create more than 500 new kindergarten places.Weir Views Community Centre and Aintree Children’s and Community Centre, scheduled to open in early 2026 and early 2027, will each provide up to 251 new kinder

Police have charged a man and a woman allegedly found in possession of a vehicle involved in an armed robbery.Officers spotted a red Toyota in the Pascoe Vale South area around 5.30pm on Sunday, November 17.It is alleged that the Toyota was involved in an armed robbery in Carlton, where a shotgun was produced, on

Victoria Police will have a bolstered presence along Melbourne’s foreshores and beaches, with the city set to swelter over the coming months.Operation Sum-mersafe will run day and night over summer in popular locations including St Kilda, Half Moon Bay, Altona, Williams-town, and across the Mornington Peninsula.Local police from the north to the south will be

More homes are coming for families, young people and downsizers in Glen Iris.Sonya Kilkenny, Minister for Planning, has used her powers to fast track the development of a five-storey apartment building at 173 Burke Road, Glen Iris, and a three-storey apartment building on adjacent land at 28 Hope St.The approval was given under the Development

More land at Fitzroy Gasworks is being unlocked to deliver more homes.Fitzroy Gasworks will be a new neigh-bourhood, with more than 1000 diverse and affordable homes close to public transport, a senior high school, open space, multi-use sports centre and commercial spaces.Premier Jacinta Allan and Minister for Development Victoria, Colin Brooks, announced the next steps

Wendy Lovell, Northern Victoria MLC, has called on has called Melissa Horne, Minister for Roads, to urgently prioritise the duplication of Donnybrook Rd, as local residents suffer a “traffic nightmare”.“Donnybrook is exploding in population, and residents of the new housing estates along Donnybrook Rd are deeply frustrated with the Allan Labor Government’s lack of progress