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.