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The Westsider: August, 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.

Politics

TEARS, OVATIONS AND EMPTY SPACES

Josie Vine -
Tears at Hobsons Bay, people voting with their feet at Wyndham, standing ovations at Brimbank and unusually sedate at Maribyrnong.
People

MEET SOME OF THE TECHNO PARK DRIVE COMMUNITY

Contributor -
In May, without warning, Hobsons Bay City Council sent letters to every address telling people to leave their homes immediately or face legal action. 
History

SPOTSWOOD’S PIONEER OF MODERN TEXTILE DESIGN

Contributor -
Frances Burke was Australia’s leading textile designer of the 20th century.
Edition

EDITOR’S NOTE

Editor Barbara Heggen -
I had the honour of meeting some of the Techno Park residents recently, and it’s clear this village provides safe affordable accommodation and that the community is healthy and strong.
Travel

THE EMERALD ÉIRE

Derek Green -
Is six days enough to do a highlights tour of Ireland, as well as meet a hundred cousins in the heart of this still very Catholic country?
History

FOOTSCRAY’S HIDDEN HELLENISM TO BE REMEMBERED IN MURAL

Contributor -
We are projecting ourselves onto the images and symbols that don’t exist anywhere else but here in Australia.
People

CHAMPIONS OF THE WEST – MELBA MARGINSON

CHAMPIONS OF THE WEST -
Melba remains concerned that the multicultural community often remains unaware that family violence support organisations exist.
Politics

HERITAGE ‘HOVELS’ WON’T PROTECT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

Contributor -
Maintaining an old house is already costly but insulating an old building to meet future climate is prohibitive.
Education

YCC HELPING LOCALS LEARN AND EARN

Yarraville Community Centre - Advertorial -
These courses align with the needs of industry, changing priorities in the workforce and meet emerging skill demands in the economy.
Sustainability

WESTERN SUBURBS THE PERFECT SETTING FOR AN EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE HOUSING MODEL

REGEN WEST -
By Dominique Hes Imagine living in a housing community where you feel like you belong and where you have everything you need to not just...

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