Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

  • Smiles light up at lantern festival

    Smiles light up at lantern festival

    Hundreds of Brimbank locals gathered on Saturday, September 27 to celebrate the Mid-Autumn lantern festival — a harvest festival celebrated by many Asian communities. Australian…

  • Big battery excursion

    Big battery excursion

    Students from Sunshine North’s Harvester Technical College have explored one of the world’s biggest batteries, discovering first-hand the opportunities a career in renewable energy can…

  • Lions sign Fernando

    Lions sign Fernando

    Life just got harder for batsmen in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association. Powerhouse Deer Park has secured the signature of contracted Sri Lankan player Vishwa…

  • Lavis joins Western Warriors

    Lavis joins Western Warriors

    The Western Warriors have locked in one of Victoria’s top young goalers for next year’s Victorian Netball League season. The first of the Warriors signings…

  • Collaborative mural inspires

    Collaborative mural inspires

    Six local emergings artists have completed a colourful new mural at St Albans Community Centre as part of a four week mural mentorship program. The…

  • Art follows the curve

    Art follows the curve

    Delve into the inner psyche of artist Ned Brook in a free exhibition that gives internal states form through sculptures. Brook creates his works by…

  • Planting day event

    Planting day event

    The Brooklyn Recycling Group (BRG) – a partnership of local construction and demolition recyclers based in the Brooklyn industrial estate – has invited the community…

  • Community rallies after devastating house fire

    Community rallies after devastating house fire

    The community has rallied to support a Hillside family who lost their home and belongings in a house fire on Tuesday, September 23. Thirty firefighters…

  • Dangerous roads identified

    Dangerous roads identified

    Three busy Brimbank roads were rated among the worst in the municipality after new data revealing the most dangerous roads in Brimbank and Victoria has…

  • Brimbank crime rises

    Brimbank crime rises

    Crime in Brimbank has increased with the municipality recording 18,876 offences in the twelve months to June, up 7.5 per cent from the previous year…

  • Drivers targeted over long weekend

    Drivers targeted over long weekend

    Seventy-three driving-related offences were recorded in Brimbank on the grand final long weekend as part of a statewide policing operation targeting high-risk driving behaviour, with…

  • Bourne’s instant impact

    Bourne’s instant impact

    Southside Melbourne Flyers forward Isabelle Bourne has been awarded the Tiana Mangakahia Award as the most valuable player of the WNBL Townsville Tip Off ’25.…