On balance, it wasn’t a
By Kirsty Ross
WILLIAMSTOWN’S latest tourist attraction hung in the balance last Friday at Gem Pier, as onlookers snapped priceless photos and boats detoured for...
Uncertain future
DONNA Copland from Altona Meadows wants something that most of us take for granted.
She wants to call Australia home.
For the past four and a...
Recycle or bust
HOBSONS Bay City Council has given conditional support to a state-of-the-art $100 million recycling facility that could see huge reductions in landfill waste in...
Local charities in trash plea
A BUILDUP of trash around charity clothing bins has sparked pleas for Hobsons Bay residents to “think before they drop”.
The National Association of Recycling...
A day
By Hamish HeardACCLAIMED Australian singer-songwriter Mark Seymour will headline the first of a series of free concerts in Hobsons Bay this summer.
The former Hunters...
Port ruling under appeal
By Hamish HeardDEVELOPERS behind a rejected bid to build an “inland port” at Altona are preparing to take their fight to Victorian Civil and...
In the pink, 880km later
By Kirsty Ross
A LITTLE bit of wind beneath his wings would have gone a long, long way.
But as nature intended it, a tough head...
Migrant fears
By Roxanne MillarNEWLY arrived refugees in Hobsons Bay fear they will be thrown in jail if they do not find a job, a Karen...
Respite care to end for disabled
HOBSONS Bay City Council has backed the Western Region Disability Network’s (WRDN) fight to keep open a respite facility for families with disabled children...
Quiet protest
By Cameron WestonWILLIAMSTOWN North residents filled the usually empty public gallery at Hobsons Bay council chambers last week, holding a silent protest to protect...
Move on plaque placements
By Cameron Weston
WHEN Hobsons Bay residents mark the achievements of departed pillars of the community with a memorial plaque, they like to do it...
George seeks new berth
ONE of Williamstown’s true sea salts is pulling up anchor after more than three decades working on the waters of Port Phillip Bay.
George Begg,...
