From the archives

25 years

35 years ago

February 17, 1988

The trips to conferences by Sunshine councillors and officers were “just junkets”, Cr Don McKay said yesterday.

35 years ago

February 18, 1998

Victoria University of Technology should shift its pool plans to its St Albans campus away from Footscray Park, the Federal Labor MP for Gellibrand, Mr Ralph Willis said at a rally on Sunday.

20 years ago

February 18, 2003

A scathing attack by Keilor MP George Seitz – regarded as Labor’s strong man in the west – has stripped Brimbank’s ALP councillors of moral support for next month’s council elections.

10 years ago

February 19, 2013

Health workers are calling for two new hepatitis C treatments to be added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme as infection in the western suburbs increases.