From the Archives

40 years ago

Star Weekly looks back at the pages of our predecessors.

40 years ago

October 26, 1982

The Federated and Allied Workers’ Union claims that more than 220 workers have been retrenched from Dunlop/Olympic’s Cross Street factory in Footscray.

30 years ago

October 28, 1992

It’s Veandercross from Let’s Elope and Subzero. That’s the Melbourne Cup result according to our annual tipping poll among selected western suburbs residents.

20 years ago

October 30, 2002

Merger is a dirty word at the Whitten Oval. That’s the definitive message from tough-talking Western Bulldogs chief executive Campbell Rose.

10 years ago

October 31, 2012

An expert report has warned that people living on the proposed Port Phillip Woollen Mill development site in Williamstown could die in the event of a vapour cloud explosion [VCE] at Mobil’s Gellibrand tank farm.