News


  • New radiation centre breaks ground

    New radiation centre breaks ground

    Wyndham Star Weekly

    Construction has begun on a new radiation therapy centre in Werribee that is expected to offer patients access to one of the best equipped oncology…

  • Former CMFEU boss charged with abusive emails

    Former CMFEU boss charged with abusive emails

    Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

    Controversial former union boss John Setka has been charged with seven counts of using a telecommunications device to menace, harass and offend. The 61-year-old from…

  • Charges following alleged threatening emails

    Charges following alleged threatening emails

    Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

    A Footscray man has been charged seven counts of using a telecommunications device to menace, harass and offend. The 61-year-old was arrested by police at…

  • Remembering Eleanor

    Remembering Eleanor

    Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly

    A community has come together to mourn the loss of their own one year on. On a crisp November evening, over 100 people braved the…

  • New tanker for Greendale

    New tanker for Greendale

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    Greendale CFA is one of seven fire brigades in line to receive a new tanker. The CFA said it purchased “truckloads” of cab chassis to…

  • Prepare now for fire season

    Prepare now for fire season

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    The fire danger period will begin in Moorabool later this month, with locals urged to remove flammable materials from their properties and complete private burn-offs…

  • Melton remembers

    Melton remembers

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    Locals gathered at the Melton cenotaph on High Street on Tuesday 11 November to remember those who gave their lives in service. Organised by the…

  • Whittlesea remembers

    Whittlesea remembers

    Northern Star Weekly

    At 11am on Tuesday 11 November, Australia stopped to remember those whose lives were lost during the wars. Residents and RSL members were joined by…

  • Bolinda Road partially closed

    Bolinda Road partially closed

    Northern Star Weekly

    Bolinda Road Campbellfield Resource Recovery Centre is currently partially closed. Due to poor ground conditions, the facility has temporarily stopped accepting mixed waste and green…

Sport


  • Saunders gets hall of fame honour

    Saunders gets hall of fame honour

    Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly

    Former Gisborne star and coach Luke Saunders was left stunned to find out be among the latest inductees into the Bendigo Football Netball League hall…

  • Jets nervous wait

    Jets nervous wait

    Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

    Several Western Jets players are among the nervous hopefuls hoping they’ve done enough to hear their names called out later this month at the AFL…

  • Tough day for Bacchus

    Tough day for Bacchus

    Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly

    It was a tough day for Bacchus Marsh as it battled the conditions and Club Sunbury in the Bowls Victoria weekend pennant division 1, section…

  • Rockies primed for finals tilt

    Rockies primed for finals tilt

    Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Star Weekly

    Macedon Ranges Rockies are happy with their start to the Basketball Victoria Country Basketball league north-west men’s season, but aren’t content with what they’ve done.…

  • Rovers focused on developing female program

    Rovers focused on developing female program

    Brimbank & Northwest Star Weekly

    Albion Rovers have some ambitious plans for the future and female participation is at the forefront of the plans for the club. A new committee…

  • Crusaders continue on

    Crusaders continue on

    Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

    Western Crusaders continue to focus on hitting their own standards as they lead the way in the Gridiron Victoria men’s competition. The Crusaders, who are…

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  • Whittlesea remembers

    Whittlesea remembers

    Northern Star Weekly

    At 11am on Tuesday 11 November, Australia stopped to remember those whose lives were lost during the wars. Residents and RSL members were joined by…

  • Bolinda Road partially closed

    Bolinda Road partially closed

    Northern Star Weekly

    Bolinda Road Campbellfield Resource Recovery Centre is currently partially closed. Due to poor ground conditions, the facility has temporarily stopped accepting mixed waste and green…

  • Shotgun seized, man charged

    Shotgun seized, man charged

    Northern Star Weekly

    Police have charged a man after seizing a shotgun from a vehicle in Dallas on Tuesday 11 November. Officers were called to reports a man…

  • Garage Sale Trail rolls into second week

    Garage Sale Trail rolls into second week

    Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

    Australia’s biggest secondhand treasure hunt, the Garage Sale Trail, returns for its second and final weekend in Maribyrnong on 15-16 November. Hundreds of local residents…

  • Mayor signs off

    Mayor signs off

    Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

    As my term as mayor comes to an end, I want to say what an incredible honour it’s been to serve our Hobsons Bay community…

  • Applicants wanted for African community committee

    Applicants wanted for African community committee

    Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly

    African migrants, including those from the inner west, are being encouraged to apply to join the Victorian African Communities Committee (VACC). Last week, Multicultural Affairs…