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Plea to stop heritage overlay

Rocco Cipriano has been working at the same shop in Tottenham since he was 15 years old, and is now battling Maribyrnong council to...

Honours for local excellence

Six Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay residents have been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), two of which are Bartholomew Edwin Willoughby...

King’s Birthday honours for service and dedication

Six Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay residents have been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), two of which are Margaret Haggart and...

Honouring service and dedication

Six Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay residents have been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), two of which are Kelly Rogers and...

Honoured for service and dedication

Six Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay residents have been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) and one has been made a Member...

From the Archives

Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessors. 40 years ago June 15, 1983 The police hero of Sunday's siege in Yarraville was back at...

New research to better control and treat life-threatening heart rhythm disorders

New research funded by the Heart Foundation aims to boost surgery success rates for life-threatening heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias), leading to fewer Australians needing...

Pedestrians urged to ‘Stop. Look. Live’

Pedestrians are being urged to use their new 'Stop. Look. Live.' motto as part of a new Crime Stoppers Victoria campaign delivered in partnership...

Applications open to help support creative careers

More than $1 million in funding will go towards backing local artists, creatives and crews to support career-defining research and development activities, mentorships and...

Better energy infrastructure and security for Victoria

Victoria’s planning for energy infrastructure is being reformed to make sure the state's electricity grid is built to support the agenda while keeping communities...

Australia-first Paramedic Practitioner course announced

Monash University will deliver Australia’s first-ever Paramedic Practitioner Master’s degree in 2024, and the best part is it will be free for students to...

UNSW welcomes new migrant worker protections

The Migrant Justice Institute led by University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) law professors and the Human...

Community Calendar

Friends of Altona Library hold a monthly book sale on the first Tuesday, Friday and Saturday of each month at the rear of Altona...

Local leaders celebrated at summit

On Thursday, June 8, 90 people from Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay gathered at The Substation in Newport, for the 2023 Community Leadership Summit. Hot...

Art and nature for health and wellbeing

Over two Saturdays on June 10 and 24, Hobsons Bay council is running a program called ‘Nature for Health and Wellbeing: Sharing Nature’s Stories’....

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Parks holds on to claim best and fairest

Williamstown defender Luke Parks was a nervous onlooker as the Williamstown best and fairest count was underway. The first year Seagull led the count before...

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