Brimbank City Council: What your candidates said

Voters in Brimbank will choose 11 people to represent them on council for the next four years. Here is what the candidates said about why they are running in the Victorian council elections and what they want to achieve.

• October 1, 2024
• by Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter

Where we live: The changing face of Victoria’s neighbourhoods

In this series, The Age profiles Victorian suburbs and towns to reveal how they’ve changed over the decades.

St Albans, so long a rough diamond of the west, is beginning to shine

It has welcomed successive waves of migrants. It is home to a beloved market and foodie strip. And it’s just half an hour from the CBD. It is St Albans – and proud of it.

• March 2, 2024
• by Melissa Cunningham

Boy, 14, died after being hit by car then stabbed in ‘targeted assault’

Victoria Police have described a horrific assault in St Albans in which a car struck a teenager before two men with knives and face-coverings got out and stabbed him.

• June 27, 2023
• by Lachlan Abbott and Ashleigh McMillan

I live in St Albans, and we’re not all criminals

People seem surprised that I returned to St Albans to start a family, but I love the suburb and the school where I teach.

• May 7, 2023
• by Amra Pajalic

Three teens arrested and released after fatal St Albans stabbing

A 32-year-old man died in hospital after being stabbed during an altercation in St Albans on Friday night.

• December 31, 2022
• by Ashleigh McMillan

Underrated and overlooked: Seven of Melbourne’s unsung suburbs

There are dozens of underappreciated and up-and-coming neighbourhoods across our sprawling metropolis that won’t make it into travel guides but are loved by those who live there.

• July 30, 2022
• by Rachael Dexter

Man charged with murder faces court after body discovered in St Albans

A 76-year-old man has been charged with murder after the death of a woman police say was known to him.

• May 21, 2021
• by Ashleigh McMillan

Hope of quicker fix for reeking tip riling residents in city's west

A unique trial to cool underground waste at a smouldering Melbourne landfill has showed promising results and may offer hope to residents who say the stench is intolerable.

• October 5, 2020
• by Zach Hope

More light a must in dark landfill chapter

It's essential that Brimbank City Council, the EPA and the state government commit to all necessary measures for thorough monitoring and remediation in the case of the Sunshine Landfills mess.

• March 4, 2020
• The Age's View