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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 in…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 is…
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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 stealing $1222…
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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…
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Giggle and Hoot: Hit show set to cast a national spell
SEE VIDEO BELOW James Rees knows the ABC of how to keep children entertained and engaged. A household name as Jimmy Giggle, he is a…
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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 and…
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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 dressed…
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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…
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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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Take our Star Weekly online reader survey
When Star and the Weekly community newspapers merged in May this year, our aim was to produce the best local titles and websites across the…
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My View: Katrina Hall confronts sibling rivalry
Sometimes I feel my most important job as a parent is to make sure that, while trying to kill each other, no one around here…
















