Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

  • Operation Roadwise 2025 launches this holiday season

    Operation Roadwise 2025 launches this holiday season

    A statewide road policing activity called Operation Roadwise 2025 that targets the main causes of road crashes will be conducted during the 2025 Christmas Holiday…

  • Lightning the latest drama for VTCA

    Lightning and rain put halt to many games in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association on Saturday. Having had rain affected matches the past few rounds,…

  • BFNL fixture released

    BFNL fixture released

    Ballarat Football Netball League action will kick off on Good Friday, with grand final rematches on the cards in round one. The 2026 season will…

  • Free travel for youth

    Free travel for youth

    The state government is making public transport free for more than one million young Victorians from 1 January, with the new youth myki now available…

  • Melton’s favourite Christmas

    Melton’s favourite Christmas

    For more than three decades, Melton local Sandra Brogan has transformed her home into a festive wonderland, delighting generations of families with her annual Christmas…

  • Signal switch sparks peak-hour mayhem

    Signal switch sparks peak-hour mayhem

    Daily commuters have voiced their frustrations over traffic congestion at the recently signalised intersection of Caroline Springs Boulevard and Rockbank Middle Road, with some residents…

  • Festive fur and safety first

    Festive fur and safety first

    With the festive season in full swing, Melton residents are being encouraged to think carefully about responsible pet ownership and consider adoption, as the community…

  • Upgrades for schools

    Upgrades for schools

    Students and staff of two local schools are set to benefit from significant facility upgrades which aim to deliver more modern, flexible and supporting learning…

  • Lakers join EDFL women’s premier division

    Lakers join EDFL women’s premier division

    Caroline Springs will join the Essendon District Football League women’s premier division next season, with the top flight to expand. The EDFL released its women’s…

  • Leckie sent for surgery in World Cup blow

    Leckie sent for surgery in World Cup blow

    Socceroos veteran Mathew Leckie has undergone hip surgery, leaving his 2026 World Cup dream in tatters. Dogged by repeated soft-tissue injuries, the luckless Melbourne City…

  • Human remains found

    Human remains found

    Police have located what appear to be human remains as part of an investigation into the disappearance of a Brookfield toddler in 2014, who was…

  • Mt Atkinson kicks off sports upgrade

    Mt Atkinson kicks off sports upgrade

    Construction is set to kick off on the long-awaited Mt Atkinson Sports Reserve in Truganina, with works transforming a 10-hectare site on Kirkpatrick Boulevard into…