Werribee
‘Exhausted, shaken’ paddleboarders thank rescuers after being swept across bay
Two paddleboarders were rescued after drifting almost 20 kilometres across Port Phillip Bay on Christmas Day, while four kayakers needed urgent help in two separate rescues.
- Angus Delaney and Isabel McMillan
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- Wolf on Watton
Wolf on Watton
Werribee’s hottest brunch spot also doubles as a neighbourhood diner by night.
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- Education
Quotas urged to fix the gender gap in state’s select-entry schools
One of the country’s top scientists says gender quotas are the answer to getting more girls into sought after select-entry schools.
- Bridie Smith
‘A metropolis of multiple cities’: The radical plan to fix the west’s brain drain
Planning experts say Sunshine should be Melbourne’s second CBD, while satellite cities in the outer west would allow western suburbs residents to work close to home.
- Sophie Aubrey and Gemma Grant
These ‘satellite cities’ could reshape Melbourne. Locals are pushing for jobs over housing
The outer west has absorbed more of Melbourne’s growing population than any other area. Investing in local jobs would transform the booming region.
- Adam Carey
It’s art, but not as you know it: Teens lead strangers in night-walking tour of Werribee
When night falls, tour the unexpected in Werribee in this Melbourne Fringe Festival event created by teenagers.
- Kerrie O'Brien
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- Mental health
A lifesaving service in this booming suburb has asked GPs to send patients elsewhere
Headspace Werribee can’t take any more patients on treatment plans, as Melbourne’s west grapples with a shortage of mental health professionals.
- Henrietta Cook and Broede Carmody
Why Sara had to wait months for her baby’s health check in the booming west
Big hospitals are being built in the western suburbs, but wrap-around health services are lacking, while people living further west wait longer for ambulances or in emergency departments.
- Broede Carmody and Henrietta Cook
Car, two trains and a bus: Schoolgirl’s gruelling 15-hour weekly commute to class
Many families in Melbourne’s west place a high premium on their children’s education. For some students, that can mean a daily trek to the other side of town.
- Bridie Smith