Star Weekly looks back at the pages of our predecessors.
40 years ago
October 19, 1982
For the first time in 13 years, Carlton and United Breweries beer is flowing through the taps of the Plough Hotel in Footscray.
30 years ago
October 21, 1992
Hundreds of refugees, many of them young and well educated, are starving and homeless in Footscray, Sunshine and St Albans.
20 years ago
October 23, 2002
The outlook for 354 West Footscray workers is bleak, following last week’s news of National Forge Limited’s receivership.
10 years ago
October 24, 2012
Hundreds of western suburbs teachers who walked off the job on Friday for better pay have vowed to keep fighting.