Local News
Victoria’s Biggest Earthquake in Three Years (Magnitude 4.8) Shakes Werribee
Residents across Melbourne and regional Victoria were jolted awake early Saturday after the state’s strongest earthquake in almost three years sent tremors across the region.Geoscience Australia recorded the magnitude 4.8 earthquake shortly after 2am on Saturday, October 3, at a depth of about 10 kilometres near Korumburra and Leongatha in South Gippsland.Despite the epicentre being more than 100 kilometres from Melbourne, the shaking travelled across the metropolitan area and was clearly felt in Melbourne’s west.In Werribee, a resident of the 70 Cottrell Street building described feeling the structure move as the earthquake reached the suburb....
Werribee South Beach Set For $2.99 Million Transformation
Werribee South Beach is set for a major upgrade after Wyndham councillors unanimously approved a $2.99 million construction contract for the first stage of a long-planned transformation of the coastal precinct.Ace Landscape Services Pty Ltd was awarded the contract at Council’s 14 July Planning...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Wyndham City to Seek New Security Provider After MA Security Enters Administration
Wyndham City Council has confirmed it will end its contract with MA Security and open a tender process to appoint a new provider for...
