Woman dies following Yarraville crash
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in Yarraville on Sunday.
Emergency services were called to the crash in a carpark off High...
Homelessness hitting youths hard
Young people aged 12 to 24 make up 23 per cent of all homeless people across the country. On Wednesday, April 19, Youth Homelssness...
Green light for reserve facelift
A renewed pitch for Seaholme's H.C. Kim Reserve is coming, with Hobsons Bay council approving a $1.4 million contract for redevelopment and irrigation upgrades.
At...
Builders hit by ’a perfect storm’
The manager of a west Melbourne building company said that rising costs, COVID delays, and trade shortages have created a “perfect storm” of pressure...
Photographers’ choice picture
Every week, our photographers choose their favourite photo of the week.
This week’s pic is by Damjan Janevski and features West Footscray resident Bill Marshall...
Community Calendar
Want your event listed? Community Calendar is made available free of charge to not-for-profit organisations to keep the public informed of special events and...
From the Archives
Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessors.
40 years ago
April 26, 1983
The Angliss Meatworks site was sold to the Ministry of Housing...
Latest building inspection technology to save construction industry money and time
New eye-tracking technologies being developed by Australian engineers to identify building defects early in the construction process could save companies millions of dollars, time,...
Improving concrete building practices
The Victorian Building Authority has funded research aiming to reduce the frequency of water-related defects encountered in concrete balconies in apartment buildings by identifying...
Poisonous mushrooms warning
Victoria’s Department of Health are warning Victorians, including those in Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay, to be avoid consuming harmful wild mushrooms, including Death Cap...
Next step in mental health service provision
The state government has marked the next stage in delivering the new Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, which will change the way Victorians,...
Keeping track of weight loss
Australia’s national science agency CSIRO has revealed that regular self-monitoring behaviours and tracking tools are the secret to losing weight and keeping it off,...
More whale songs detected during La Niña years
Almost two decades of whale recordings suggest the movements of the pygmy blue whale are affected by climate cycles.
Researchers from UNSW Sydney have been...
Date announced for new container deposit scheme
Victoria’s new beverage container recycling scheme will begin on November 1, 2023, as part of the state government’s reforms to the state’s waste and...
Every week, one child is run over in a driveway in Australia
Kidsafe Victoria has issued a warning about the dangers that driveway can pose for children, in a bid to reduce the number of low-speed...
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Williamson’s hard slog pays off
Each week during football season, Megan Williamson makes the trip up and back from Swan Hill to Williamstown multiple times.
While some would step away...
