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New Years Eve festivities at Footscray Park

The Derrimut Hotel fit for a Prince

Café Philosophique – A philosophical hospital situated in the West

Westside Open Studios – how Hobsons Bay Youth Services put young musicians on the map

Kealba landfill disaster: a toxic prison locals can’t escape, and no end in sight

What’s all the fuss about 20-Minute Cities?

What’s in your backyard: looking beyond environmental colonial legacies

Remembering Dr Mary Burbidge: A visionary who helped create Newport Lakes

Federal Taung Zalat – home-style Burmese food in Sunshine and beyond

Wine vs wine – December 25

Creamy, cheesy caramelised leek fusilloni

‘Kueh sera sera’ – Traditional Nyonya Kueh in the West

The true spirit of Christmas: giving from the heart

New Footscray Hospital

It’s never really about the Christmas ham

Yes! There are swim schools for adults and they’re great!

NEWS

Edgewater’s Buza Chicken – The other ‘KFC’

Taking back control in a world that knows too much

Teaching kids to handle ‘no’ in a healthy way

Beth Jackson

Liam Roche

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Heather Marcus

Inshu Misra

Dr Sadra Saeed

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#114 DECEMBER 2025

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