Don Deeble Rising Star: Dejan Vasiljevic
After a world-beating year on the basketball court, Dejan Vasiljevic has added another trophy to his fast-growing collection.
Vasiljevic was named overall winner of the...
Virginia TrioliI: A timely reminder
No one will ever know how she did it, how she still does it. How, just hours after her precious son was brutally murdered...
Que sera: What’s in a name? A lot
He was clearly a much-loved man. Two columns of tributes to a wonderful, brother, father, uncle and friend attested as much. Poor “Cousin Droop”!
I...
FROM THE ARCHIVES
40 years ago
February 5, 1975
Two Sunshine garbage collectors are in Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital after contracting serum hepatitis. They are Gregory Ross and Alan...
FROM THE ARCHIVES
40 years ago
January 29, 1975
Sunshine Football Club faces possible suspension from the Victorian Football Association because its home ground is not up to standard....
FROM THE ARCHIVES
40 years ago
January 22, 1975
Health Department officials have cracked down on suppliers and retailers following a serious outbreak of contaminated food being sold in...
Sarah Harris goes in search of self
So you’d have to have been living in an unpowered shack on an island in the Sea of Okhotsk not to know the selfie...
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Forty years ago
January 15, 1975
A social committee member of the Sunshine Baseball Club has been placed on 12 months’ probation for...
From the Archives: The Advocate
Forty years ago
December 4 1974
Sunshine City’s health department has been swamped with requests for courses of polio vaccine. Last Wednesday afternoon when
The Advocate hit the...
Giggle and Hoot: Hit show set to cast a national spell
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James Rees knows the ABC of how to keep children entertained and engaged.
A household name as Jimmy Giggle, he is a natural...
My View: Katrina Hall feels a little short
It happened reasonably quickly, marked only by a couple of weeks of rapid consumption. Apples disappeared by the dozen, and then biscuits, muesli bars...
Fashion forecast | What weather girls wear
When Katy Perry visited Sydney earlier this year, she took on the role of weather girl on Channel Seven’s Sunrise, presenting the national forecast...
FROM THE ARCHIVES
40 years ago
November 27, 1974
Health authorities have appealed to all Sunshine residents to be vaccinated against polio.
Fears of polio spreading in the district follow...
Que sera: Five weddings and an illusion
So the other day I got to interview one of the world’s most outstanding young magicians.
Sam Powers was in town to promote his upcoming...
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The Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF) is urging the community to make healthy and safe choices when celebrating during the New Year period.
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