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Writer and intrepid traveller launches new book exploring the Amazon rainforest

September 14th, 2022 - Brendan Rees

Travelling has always given Anthony Ham a sense of purpose.

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Providing musical opportunities one note at a time

July 13th, 2022 - Kaylah Joelle Baker

For Brennan Smith, music has always been a passion since he left high school and he is now using it to help others realise their own potential.

Local stalwart and workers’ rights devotee honoured with Queen’s Birthday award

June 15th, 2022 - Brendan Rees

A North Melbourne resident who has worked tirelessly representing the rights of blue and white-collar unions has been awarded a Queen’s Birthday honour.

Local park inspires North Melbourne resident to publish his second poetry book

May 19th, 2022 - Brendan Rees

Dabbling into poetry during lockdowns “for reading as much as writing” has led to a North Melbourne resident looking to publish his second collection of poems.

Kensington community worker kicks goals for public housing residents

April 13th, 2022 - Spencer Fowler Steen

For Kensington’s beloved community worker Erika Lodge, the bushes next to the public toilets at St Kilda Beach used to be her “home away from home.”

Keeping kids on the straight and narrow

March 18th, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

Students are back at university, and some need a briefing on the hazards awaiting them in the big city.

Ambition and results

February 17th, 2022 - Zak Wheeler

Kensington local Alexandra Copeland has been creating art since she was four.

Celebrating 30 years of Women’s Circus

December 16th, 2021 - Zak Wheeler

Kensington local Jenny Pitts has, like many of us, remained constricted to the confines of her home for the duration of much of the past two years. But that hasn’t failed to stop her from embracing her creativity and talents as a performing artist with the Melbourne Women’s Circus.