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    Redactions, apologies, speed limits and intersections

    A reporting of July's meetings for Hobsons Bay, Brimbank, Wyndham and Maribyrnong.

    MPs push for law reform to stop persecution of working people

    Legalise Cannabis Victoria will bring the debate on legalising cannabis back to Victoria’s Parliament in late August, because thousands of people are needlessly being funnelled into the criminal justice system.

    Ashamed councillors, a Techno Park decision, and who pays for Paisley Street?

    Ashamed councillors, a Techno Park decision, and who pays for Paisley Street?

    Anniversaries, centenaries, train stations and mulch-gate

    Council updates for Melbourne's west: Anniversaries, centenaries, train stations and mulch-gate chambers to be voted on. 

    Spending our money

    Well, it’s that time of year again. When councils decide what they’re gunna spend our money on. And because they can’t spend it without our say-so, they put draft proposed budgets out for public consultation before heading back to chambers to be voted on. 

    Insurance nightmare prolongs heartache for Maribyrnong flood victims

    A federal parliamentary inquiry into the 2022 Maribyrnong flood at provided opportunity for residents to relate their experiences with insurers.

    Residents fear the GreenLine bike path promised by Hobsons Council has become a (pipe) dreamline?

    In 2018, an idea for a network of shared bike paths to improve ‘active transport’ was adopted by Hobsons Bay City Council but little has happened since.

    Life in a public transport desert: “It’s cutting off my wings”

    Nasreen shares stories and experiences of living with the broken bus network in the western surburbs.

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