Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessors.
40 years ago
September 7, 1982
A former ‘local boy’ has won pre-selection for the blue-ribbon Labor seat of Maribyrnong.
Alan Griffths, an industrial officer with the Federated Rubber and Allied Workers’ Union, will succeed Dr Moss Cass.
30 years ago
September 2, 1992
Sunday night discos at the Australian Croatian Association clubrooms in Whitehall Street, Footscray, have effectively been banned by the Footscray council amid claims of drunken, rowdy behaviour in nearby streets by people leaving the dances.
20 years ago
September 4, 2002
One million dollars will be spent on establishing a community facility in Footscray, Maribrynong council has resolved.
10 years ago
September 12, 2012
Labor candidates standing at next month’s Hobsons Bay council election may not preference fellow ALP members as bitter rivalry threatens to split the party.
