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    Hazel Lekkas

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    Nurturing champions: Celebrating 70 years of grassroots soccer in Sunshine West

    Children have been nurtured and supported at Sunshine Heights Junior Soccer Club over the years, where ordinary people make a big difference in young lives

    Food insecurity makes my stomach turn

    Learn about the impact of food relief and how it helps those facing financial hardship. Discover how you can get involved and support those in need.

    How the west was won over by a southern cowboy

    In March’s issue, I posed the question about what is in a suburb’s derogatory nickname, deciding head-on to own ‘Scumshine’. As a former resident,...

    Women and nature: a synergy to be reckoned with in the west and beyond

    Among the influencial females of the West, Alyssa Huynh’s tells of her journey to combat racial prejudice in her debut book Safe Space.

    Stories from Sunshine’s Vietnamese community journey back to where they all began

    Moving to Sunshine West from Vietnam in 2022 to study photography, Phuong Nguyen has captured the experiences of Vietnamese locals in his book Sunshine.