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    The Westsider: October, 2025

    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.

    When the dishwasher becomes a battleground

    Discover how therapy helps manage small tensions and relationship distress, strengthening your connection with your partner.

    Free public transport for ‘oldsters’ during the Victorian Seniors Festival

    This theme of this year's Victorian Seniors Festival is connecting, creating and celebrating.

    Community led solutions at Footscray Development Conference

    Real-world challenges and community-led solutions will take centre stage at the Community Development Conference in Footscray mid-October.

    Linguine with mussels in a white wine sauce

    Lizzie's latest culinary adventure features mussels bathed in butter and white wine.

    Tan Thanh Loi – broken and beautiful

    Gary reviews a popular Footscray restaurant, famous for it's broken rice, that evokes the essence of Vietnam.

    Wine vs wine – October 25

    This month Grant reviews a Turkey Flat Vineyards Shiraz, and Richard a Craiglee Shiraz.

    Daughters of the West are kicking health goals

    Draped in red, white, and blue, the Indian Daughters of the West are championing their health this premiership season.

    Pietro Callea, the cobbler of Kingsville

    A show repair sign holds the last secrets of a lost trade and the shop echoes with faint rhythm of hammer on sole.

    Dear Westie – October 25

    This month, Dear Westie responds to a reader's worry about coffee orders and manliness.

    Final touches on the West Gate Tunnel Project: wetlands, green space and new ways to move

    With the West Gate Tunnel Project nearing completion, new green spaces, paths and landscaping are popping up along the corridor.

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