Werribee, Australia News

MELBOURNE Zoo's five Asian elephants are to be moved to Werribee Open Range Zoo for better care and welfare.

UNITINGCARE is urging Wyndham residents to share the spirit of Christmas with children, homeless teenagers, frail older people and families in crises.

Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy following the suspicious death of a man west of Melbourne.

A critically injured 48-year-old man has been put into an induced coma following a serious assault at his Werribee home this morning.

Pursuit ... police were led on a high-speed chase in Melbourne this morning, involving a car packed with teenagers.

How would you droughtproof your property if destocking is not an option? That's what Werribee Park open range zoo near Melbourne has had to deal with over the past ten years of drought.

WYNDHAM City Council has lashed out against the proposal for a bottle shop in one of the municipality's highest social and economic disadvantaged areas.

Time is up ... Cr Heather Marcus on site at the Werribee South boat sheds. 24522 Picture: DAMJAN JANEVSKI SIX 'recalcitrant' boat shed owners in Werribee South face eviction unless they pay a licence fee within ...

CONCERNED parent Wendy Brakey said she did not know what would happen to her young family if the Werribee ABC Learning Centre in Duncans Rd closed down.

Around the world ... Werribee Secondary College students and language co-ordinator Lucy Cirona-Nataunaragah leave this Friday for an around the world trip as part of a cultural exchange program.

Vegie growers on Melbourne's western fringe have the opportunity to buy 2000 megalitres of treated drinking water for their crops.

WERRIBEE Tigers captain James Podsiadly shocked the Victorian Football League community on Thursday by announcing he would be leaving Chirnside Park to join Geelong in season 2009.

Motorists filling up on the way home may notice some extra change in their pockets after Melbourne petrol prices hit their lowest point in more than a year.

Big wheel ... Journalist Tim Blair has been in the US covering the US election. TIM Blair's first job in the media wasn't exactly a superstar assignment.

The new timetables affect the Werribee, Hurstbridge and Epping lines. Map: Werribee 3030 A new timetable designed to boost the capacity of the Melbourne's public transport network begins today with 328 new ...

A MAN whose body was found beside a Victorian road was bashed to death, police believe.

A 58-year-old Melbourne man has been charged with murder following the stabbing death of another man on a farm in northwest Victoria.

Taking a break ... Jamie Lowe, Tessa Mitrousis, Zoy Frangos and Luke Mitrousis at the Werribee Cup.

A TOTAL of 22 candidates will battle it out for nine seats on the next Wyndham Council.

A 20-KILOMETRE rail link to remove bottlenecks between Geelong and Melbourne, and provide better public transport to the west, is set to be included in a looming Brumby Government transport plan.