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The Westsider: November, 2023

The Westsider is a not-for-profit, monthly community newspaper, written by volunteers and delivered to hundreds of pick-up points across the inner west each month.

MELBOURNE’S WESTERN SUBURBS ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S HOMELESS HOTSPOTS

A special feature by RMIT journalists Annelise Ireland and Peter Whelan As the public housing crisis in Victoria continues to worsen, research shows the western...

A CASE STUDY: TECHNO PARK DRIVE RESIDENTS EVICTED

The housing crisis in Melbourne’s west continued: A special feature by RMIT journalists Annelise Ireland and Peter Whelan In May this year the residents of...

WHO’S DISRUPTING COUNCIL MEETINGS IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS?

RMIT SPECIAL FEATURE: far right councils: By RMIT Students Tiarna Condren, Eliza Freeman, Declan Bailey, Jack O'Shea-Ayres If you’ve tried to attend a local council...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Having sat through countless Council meetings and having seen everything one can imagine; I cannot help but be horrified by Hobsons Bay Council's latest behaviours.

EDITOR’S NOTE

The Westsider recently attended the Community News Association of Victoria Awards and has walked away with six accolades!

HOW TO AVOID PERPETUAL GRIDLOCK IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS

A well-connected network of safe bike lanes brings other benefits too.

PEDESTRIAN HIT BY TRUCK DUE TO MISSING TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT INFAMOUS YARRAVILLE INTERSECTION

‘If it weren’t for Andria (his first responder) I don’t think I’d be here’.

MEET THE LOCAL ELDERS OF ENVIRONMENTALISM WHO ENVISIONED A GREENER, CLEANER INNER WEST

In Harris’ compelling autobiography The unwanted Aussie, the reader returns to a bygone Australia and the making of a politician willing to go to extraordinary lengths to promote his anti-pollution cause. 

FOOTSCRAY TO HOST MELBOURNE’S FIRST EVER LANGUAGE IN COMMUNITY FESTIVAL

The festival includes a wide range of community language groups, with music and dance performances, children's book readings, badge making, kite making, and other workshops and displays. 

TIME TO SEPARATE CAPITALISM FROM WHATEVER THIS IS

Yet whenever capitalism is criticised, the right-wing media gets defensive and the propaganda machine goes into overdrive

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