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20/02/2026

Star Weekly looks back on the pages of our predecessors.

40 years ago

26 February, 1986

Williamstown will not get its promised $1.2 million boat launching ramp.

30 years ago

21 February, 1996

A revised budget, to be set next Tuesday, will lock the newly elected Hobsons Bay council into spending the $14.6 million Solaris windfall on projects chosen by outgoing commissioners.

20 years ago

22 February, 2006

A community leader has praised the first fruits of a project that aims to make Laverton a better place to live and work.

10 years ago

24 February, 2016

A Yarraville man received a good behaviour bond and was ordered to pay more than $1200 after pleading guilty to assaulting two Maribyrnong councillors at a council meeting in November.

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