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    Our content is a labour of love, crafted by dedicated volunteers who are passionate about the west. We encourage submissions from our community, particularly stories about your own experiences, family history, local issues, your suburb, community events, local history, human interest stories, food, the arts, and environmental matters. Below are articles created by community contributors. You can find their names in the bylines.
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    Victoria University investigates cracking problems for houses in the west 

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    With the aim of gaining an understanding of the seasonal changes of soil behaviour below foundations, our team constructed a fully instrumented model waffle-raft foundation on a highly reactive site in Sunshine North.
    Our world

    Air pollution kills: What you can do to mitigate your risk 

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    The Westsider reached out to Dr Nima Izadyar and A/Prof Elmira Jamei, scientists at Victoria University, to ask just how dangerous air pollution is, and what you can do to reduce the impact.
    People

    The rest of the world has forgotten this war. Tigrayans living in Melbourne’s west have not.

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    A group of young Tigrayan-Australians, finally achieve a long-held goal: they’ve filled an entire four-tonne shipping container to the brim with medical supplies.
    Arts

    Calming artworks to enhance healing at Footscray’s new hospital

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    A tapestry inspired by the nature and history of Melbourne’s west will be one of the public artworks featured in the new Footscray Hospital opening early next year.
    Arts

    Selene Mathews: Breaking barriers to the Beyond

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    Selene's latest EP delves into themes of physical limitations, morality, and alternate realities, inviting listeners to open their minds and look beyond what they can see, believe, or are told.
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