Altona Meadows shooting victim a possible case of mistaken identity
Police are investigating whether the murder of a father-of-six outside his family's home in Altona Meadows was a case of mistaken identity.
Khaled Abouhasna pulled into his...
Hillside: Man tells of horror over truckie road rage
A Hillside man has been left shaken after a road rage incident on the Western Ring Road on Tuesday morning.
John, from Hillside, was travelling west...
Tennis: Curtis Noble off to national championships as hard work pays off
It’s a long way from the tiny country town of Dunkeld to suburban Footscray.
A two-hour 56 minute drive, clocking up 254 kilometres, will get...
Hockey Victoria women: Altona beaten by Camberwell in season-opener
Altona coach Greg Drake refused to let his players off the hook after Saturday’s ugly 6-1 loss to Camberwell in Hockey Victoria’s women’s premier...
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Football
Williamstown CYMs is on the winners’ list for...
VNL: City West Falcons set sights on final prize
City West Falcons mid-courter Clare Moylan says the week’s break for the under-age nationals carnival was a welcome refresher of body and mind for...
In the Doghouse
■ What a thrill it was to be MC at the Victoria University Whitten Oval last...
Cycling: Champions vie for honours in Bob Robson Memorial road race
Top western suburbs cyclists have the chance to add their names to one of cycling’s most prestigious honour rolls in the west when the...
WRFL: Spotswood fights back to beat St Albans
A scintillating second half saw Spotswood come from behind to beat St Albans and claim its first win of the Western Region Football League...
Panel to review town centre bid near Highpoint shopping centre
Maribyrnong council has moved to quash fears about the rapid redevelopment of a new ‘town centre’ near Highpoint shopping centre.
Star Weekly last week reported...
NBN ‘rollback’ duds the west, says Bill Shorten
Almost 5000 Footscray homes have been quietly struck off the National Broadband Network rollout plan.
An April update to the rollout schedule has removed 4800...
VFL: Williamstown wins a thriller against Northern Blues
Williamstown showed how far it has come in 12 months under coach Andy Collins when it held on for a thrilling one-point win over...
Newport: Rose’s Cottage in Collingwood Road up for sale
A Newport home known as Rose’s Cottage, because of a little girl who played there, is listed for sale for the first time in...
Tech talk: Electrostatic speakers
By Rod Easdown
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Floorboards and white walls throughout make this period abode a bright, modern place that’s kept lovely...
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Tackling exploitation
Laura-Jane Singh has been chosen as one of 17 Indigenous and Pacific changemakers for the 2025 Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity (AFSE) fellowship program.
Targeting...
