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Wyndham’s Future Data Centre Boom Sparks Push For Greater Oversight
Wyndham City Council is looking to review the rapid expansion of data centres across the municipality, as Melbourne’s western suburbs emerge as one of Australia’s fastest-growing digital infrastructure regions.Councillors unanimously backed a proposal to examine the economic opportunities and potential impacts of the growing number of data centre developments planned across Wyndham, including their effects on electricity demand, water use, transport, infrastructure, land use and the environment.The six-month review will assess how other councils have managed similar developments before recommending a formal Wyndham City Council policy on future data centre projects.The move comes as billions...
Wyndham’s First Radiation Therapy Centre Opens At St Vincent’s Werribee
The new $14 million centre will improve access to local cancer care for communities in Melbourne’s west, reducing the need for patients to travel outside the region for treatment and saving some patients around 15 hours in travel time over the course of their care. The facility will be the only radiation therapy centre serving the nearly 70-kilometre corridor between Geelong and Footscray.
Lifesaver Dina Prijantono Reaches 175 Blood And Plasma Donations
Hoppers Crossing’s Dina Prijantono is doing her community proud as she reaches a remarkable milestone of 175 blood and plasma donations, saving up to 525 lives as a result. This incredible achievement will be reached at Lifeblood’s Werribee Donor Centre on Sunday, July 12th. Dina...
Port Phillip Bay Water Quality Improves Despite Decades Of Population Growth
Despite Melbourne’s rapid growth, expanding suburbs and mounting climate pressures, new long-term data from...
Major Homicide Breakthrough: Six Charged Over Tarneit Parkland Death
Investigators have executed eight search warrants across Wyndham Vale, Point Cook, Mambourin, Werribee and TarneitFour teenagers are among...
Milestones Early Learning Werribee Suspended for 90 Days Following Regulatory Action
The Victorian Early Childhood Regulatory Authority has suspended the service approval of Milestones Early...
Coalition Pledges 110km/h Princes Freeway M1 Speed Limit Despite Crash Warnings
A Coalition promise to raise the Princes Freeway speed limit to 110km/h between Laverton North and Colac has placed road safety and travel times...
Wyndham 2025 Crime Report Reveals Shifting Hotspots Across Suburbs
The numbers arrived with the clinical indifference of a coroner's report: 18,823 criminal incidents...
Health Standards in Question at Hoppers Crossing Play Centre
Concerns have been raised about cleanliness and maintenance at Crocs Play Centre in Hoppers...
Infrastructure Australia Flags Future Rail Connection to Werribee as National Priority
Plans to extend the Suburban Rail Loop to Melbourne’s west — eventually connecting Werribee — have moved a step closer after Infrastructure Australia added...
