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The Westsider: March, 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.

NOTE FROM DESIGN AND LAYOUT

Like our community, our newspaper is strengthened when we reflect diverse perspectives. 

CELEBRATING THE STRENGTH THAT IS OUR DIVERSITY

This is the Harmony Feast’s first year back after a three-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

HONOURING POST WW2 EUROPEAN REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS

Footscray and the west still remains a melting pot where different cultural groups bring their varied heritages, foods and traditions. 

SEDDON LOCAL, GARY LEE, AWARDED AN OAM

"We are on borrowed time and I plan to leave the world a better place than how I found it."

THE SUNSHINE LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL

Hampshire Road was closed to traffic and came alive with multicultural street entertainment for children and all family members.

FEELING DEFLATED ABOUT THE STATE OF TYRE RECYCLING

Dominik firmly believes that the perception of waste needs to change.

LOCAL AUTHOR EUGEN BACON ON THE POWER OF STORYTELLING

The path to publication is not easy, and there will be editors who’ll deter you all the way.

BRIMBANK WRITERS & READERS FESTIVAL

Brimbank Writers and Readers Festival 2023

REFLECTING ON ALEXANDER MCQUEEN

The exhibition Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse is currently on at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) until the 16th April 2023.

WHAT’S THE SCOOP ON ICE-CREAM HEADACHES?

Perhaps we can all take comfort in the fact that as the heat starts to decline, so too will cases of sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia.

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