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Go west is The Age’s special series on Melbourne’s western suburbs.

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In this special series, The Age focuses on Melbourne’s western suburbs to see how life could improve in Australia’s fastest-growing region.

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Marelen Yap at V/Line’s Rockbank station, which heaves with city-bound commuters at peak-hour.

Marelen wastes thousands of hours commuting to work. She wants two things to change

In a new series, The Age focuses on Melbourne’s western suburbs, where high-skilled jobs are scarce and transport links often poor, to see how life could improve in Australia’s fastest-growing region.

  • Sophie Aubrey and Adam Carey
Crispy pata (deep-fried pork hock).
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Head to a suburban shopping centre for this pork dish with ‘outrageous crispiness’

It can be difficult to decide which pork dish to order at Mrs Parks Kitchen. So don’t. Order the lot and take home the leftovers.

  • Dani Valent
A still from CCTV footage of a youth carrying a machete at Caroline Springs Square shopping centre on Friday night.

Teens armed with machetes trigger shopping centre lockdown

Witnesses told police as many as six males were arguing and brandishing machetes in front of frightened shoppers in Melbourne’s western suburbs on Friday evening.

  • Alexander Darling
Sisig at Mrs Parks Kitchen.

Mrs Parks Kitchen

Contemporary Filipino cuisine in Melbourne’s west.

  • Cheyenne Bardos
Harwe Sherwani bangs on a door trying to get help after being shot overnight in Caroline Springs.

Crime figure Hawre Sherwani killed in targeted attack

Police have appealed to the public for more information after the former Comanchero was fatally shot in Melbourne’s west on Thursday night.

  • Cameron Houston, Angus Delaney and Marta Pascual Juanola
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Greg Lynn.

Man arrested over campers’ disappearance owns firearms

The man arrested over the case of missing campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay owns firearms and had previously been questioned by police over the mysterious disappearance.

  • Erin Pearson, David Estcourt and Sarah Abo

Caroline Thai

Talk about elephants in the room, Caroline Thai’s low-ceilinged dining room hosts