Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

  • Magpies women’s side going places

    Laverton has added some experience as it gets its women’s side back up and running for the Western Football League season. After not having a…

  • Awards to honour state’s sporting heroes

    Awards to honour state’s sporting heroes

    Nominations are now open for the 2025 Victorian Sport Awards (VSAs). Presented by the Victorian Government and Vicsport, the VSAs are the most prestigious night…

  • Safety excellence to be rewarded at WorkSafe awards

    Safety excellence to be rewarded at WorkSafe awards

    Workplace safety champions and innovators from across Victoria will be celebrated at the 2025 WorkSafe Awards next month. From 95 submitted nominations, 22 finalists have…

  • Victorian bushfire appeal accepting donations

    Victorian bushfire appeal accepting donations

    Victorian’s are being urged to give generously to support communities devastated by the state’s ongoing bushfire emergency. The Victorian Emergency Relief and Recovery Foundation (VERRF)…

  • Air quality advice

    Air quality advice

    With bushfires burning across the state, Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) is providing regular air-quality updates. EPA is monitoring air quality using its stationary and…

  • Camera bridges information gap

    Camera bridges information gap

    When Clarke Towson and his brother moved into their elderly mother’s Spotswood home to care for her 10 years ago, one thing quickly became apparent:…

  • Hungry thief in drive thru arrest

    Hungry thief in drive thru arrest

    Police have arrested a man after he fled a fast-food drive thru in Altona North in an allegedly stolen truck on Friday morning . It’s…

  • Devils women’s joy

    Devils women’s joy

    A new era will start at North Footscray as it is set to field a women’s side in the Western Football League for the first…

  • Park to pop up on Seddon street

    Park to pop up on Seddon street

    A Seddon street will be closed from Monday to make way for a trial pop-up park. Construction work on the Austin Street pop-up park is…

  • No awards in Hobsons Bay on Australia Day

    No awards in Hobsons Bay on Australia Day

    Australia Day will look a little different in Hobsons Bay this year, with no citizen awards ceremony being held. Since 1997, the Hobsons Bay Citizen…

  • Construction company fined for muddying waters

    Construction company fined for muddying waters

    A chance discovery by Environment Protection Authority (EPA) officers driving past a West Footscray creek has resulted in a $6000 fine for a construction contractor.…

  • Clotheslined to clobber Footscray

    Clotheslined to clobber Footscray

    Inner-west punters should prepare to get well and truly cleaned-up and checked for concussion when five of Melbourne’s toughest and hardest bands take over Footscray…