Werribee
Werribee toddler’s death could have been avoided, firefighters’ union says
“Had there been a second truck, there would have been a different outcome to this tragedy,” the United Firefighters Union said on Tuesday.
- Alexander Darling
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Fatal Werribee house fire.
A toddler has died and his father is in hospital with serious injuries after fire tore through a family home in the Melbourne’s west overnight.
‘Exhausted, shaken’ paddleboarders thank rescuers after being swept across bay
Two paddleboarders were rescued after drifting almost 20 kilometres across Port Phillip Bay on Christmas Day, while four kayakers needed urgent help in two separate rescues.
- Angus Delaney and Isabel McMillan
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- Wolf on Watton
Wolf on Watton
Werribee’s hottest brunch spot also doubles as a neighbourhood diner by night.
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- Education
Quotas urged to fix the gender gap in state’s select-entry schools
One of the country’s top scientists says gender quotas are the answer to getting more girls into sought after select-entry schools.
- Bridie Smith
‘A metropolis of multiple cities’: The radical plan to fix the west’s brain drain
Planning experts say Sunshine should be Melbourne’s second CBD, while satellite cities in the outer west would allow western suburbs residents to work close to home.
- Sophie Aubrey and Gemma Grant
These ‘satellite cities’ could reshape Melbourne. Locals are pushing for jobs over housing
The outer west has absorbed more of Melbourne’s growing population than any other area. Investing in local jobs would transform the booming region.
- Adam Carey
It’s art, but not as you know it: Teens lead strangers in night-walking tour of Werribee
When night falls, tour the unexpected in Werribee in this Melbourne Fringe Festival event created by teenagers.
- Kerrie O'Brien
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- Mental health
A lifesaving service in this booming suburb has asked GPs to send patients elsewhere
Headspace Werribee can’t take any more patients on treatment plans, as Melbourne’s west grapples with a shortage of mental health professionals.
- Henrietta Cook and Broede Carmody