Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

  • Retiring MP thanks Melton

    Retiring MP thanks Melton

    Melton MP Steve McGhie will not seek re-election next year as he transitions to retirement. Stepping away from his role as Melton MP next year,…

  • Teen book about bridge tragedy

    Teen book about bridge tragedy

    With the 55th anniversary of the collapse of the West Gate Bridge approaching this October, a Melbourne author is preparing to mark the milestone by…

  • Fire at bandoned Melton South nursing home

    Fire at bandoned Melton South nursing home

    An abandoned nursing home in Melton South was engulfed in flames last night, with the blaze now extinguished. Firefighters arrived on scene on Tuesday, September…

  • Billion dollar blitz

    Billion dollar blitz

    The state government is rolling out a major road maintenance blitz to rebuild, repair and resurface roads across Victoria, including in the Western Highway. Roads…

  • Cosmos unveiled in Bacchus

    Cosmos unveiled in Bacchus

    The beginning of the universe and the billions of stars and galaxies that exist today are some of the topics that will be discussed at…

  • Melton MP won’t seek re-election

    Melton MP won’t seek re-election

    Melton MP Steve McGhie has announced he will not seek re-election in 2026. Premier Jacinta Allan said Mr McGhie had “a long and distinguished record…

  • Eighth person charged after Cobblebank deaths

    Eighth person charged after Cobblebank deaths

    An eighth person was charged by police on Tuesday as part of its investigation into the deaths of two children in Cobblebank earlier this month.…

  • Caroline Springs’ heartbreak

    Caroline Springs’ heartbreak

    Caroline Springs is thinking what might have been after going agonisingly close to claiming two Western Football League division 1 premierships on Saturday. The Lakers…

  • Spring celebration in Bacchus

    Spring celebration in Bacchus

    Spring has returned – and so will the Bacchus Marsh Flower and Garden Show next month for its 12th year. Running across two days from…

  • Skipper enjoys the moment

    Skipper enjoys the moment

    The opportunity to enjoy the moment and realise what his side had done was pretty special for Darley captain Brett Bewley on Saturday as the…

  • Devils crowning moment

    Devils crowning moment

    Darley showed why it had been the team to beat all season as it claimed its second Ballarat Football League premiership in three years. The…

  • Devils finally do it

    Devils finally do it

    It was fourth time lucky for Darley as the heartbreak of the past was forgotten as it won its first Ballarat Netball League A-grade premiership.…