Footscray
Son of boxing champion charged with murder after alleged fight at pub in Melbourne’s west
25-year-old Millenium Nyolic was found dead behind a pub over the weekend. A Williamstown man has faced court charged with murder.
- Erin Pearson
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Footscray’s most vulnerable were promised a ‘forever’ home. Now they have to move out
Weeks after the Victorian government spruiked a new cafe as the key to solving the area’s homeless crisis, a nearby residential facility’s closure will put vulnerable men at risk of being without a home.
- Cassandra Morgan
New hospital in the west opened three months ago but already faces cuts
Patients, surgeons and Western Health are concerned about a plan to strip cancer surgeries from the new Footscray Hospital.
- Henrietta Cook
Blood, a broken arm and basketball: The fight for a new stadium in Melbourne’s west
As a battle over sports infrastructure in Melbourne’s west comes to a head, hundreds of young basketballers are stranded on waitlists or playing in decaying facilities.
- Cassandra Morgan
‘Don’t bring the kids’: Why a new cafe is fracturing an inner-Melbourne suburb
A Salvation Army cafe coming to Footscray is tipped to be the “missing piece” to solve the community’s crisis. But neighbouring traders fear it will only bring more disorder.
- Cassandra Morgan
- Review
- Melbourne
Banh mi martini? This westside bar looks like an antique shop, but its drinks are totally new
The aptly named Second Hand Dealer is an “experimental” new bar hiding in plain sight. And its cocktails are as kooky as the collectables.
- Tomas Telegramma
Charity beats five first home buyers for $955,000 Footscray townhouse
The winner paid just $5000 over the price cap for the Australian Government 5 per cent deposit scheme for the three-bedroom home.
- Sarah Webb
The science of sunlight: Why the new Footscray Hospital is built differently
The new $1.5 billion hospital is ditching windowless and noisy wards for soundproofed, sunny rooms to slash patients’ recovery times.
- Henrietta Cook
- Recommended
- Huu Huu Thanh
Huu Huu Thanh
For deeply flavoured pho that usually sells out by lunchtime.
- Dani Valent
