NEWS SPECIAL: A call to help
Each morning Marshall Tuck wakes early, exercises while listening to a podcast of Australian news, then drives 20 minutes from Duhok to his workplace...
MY SUBURB: Josephine Tiquia, Cairnlea
Cairnlea resident Josephine Tiquia began her nursing career at Western Hospital before moving to Sunshine Hospital when it opened a surgical ward in mid-2001....
MY SHOUT: This is the time to talk climate change
Greens MP Adam Bandt has been pilloried for posting an image of smoke over Sydney on social media with the message “Why Tony Abbott’s...
QUE SERA: The beauty and the leech
Recent appearances by actress Demi Moore looking remarkably fresh-faced and fit approaching age 51 have me wondering whether she is still using leeches.
A few...
PROFILE: Suze DeMarchi’s animal instinct
When Suze DeMarchi emerged as the frontwoman of ’90s hard-rock band Baby Animals, she proved that girls with guitars could rock just as hard...
PROFILE: Triple J’s happy-go-lucky Zan Rowe
It’s easy to see why the Triple J faithful dig Zan Rowe. Unpretentious and full of beans, Rowe comes across as that happy-go-lucky friend...
MY SUBURB: Helen Gutcher, Sunshine
Having dedicated 17 years to the 7th Sunshine Scouts as a volunteer committee member, Brimbank resident Helen Gutcher believes Scouting is a great way...
MY SHOUT: Stench of hypocrisy
The furore over questionable expense claims by federal politicians will eventually blow over but will leave a sour taste in the voters’ mouths should...
INTERVIEW: Sue Pieters-Hawke
Sue Pieters-Hawke tells a great story about being six years old when her father, Bob Hawke, was launching his political career. Hawke stood (unsuccessfully)...
QUE SERA: Why sex and jellyfish don’t always sell
So, six weeks after I bought not one, not two but, I must now confess, five plastic meerkats on sticks, my local version of...
QUE SERA: Why sex and jellyfish don’t always sell
So, six weeks after I bought not one, not two but, I must now confess, five plastic meerkats on sticks, my local version of...
MY SUBURB: Tahira Sheikh, Delahey
She grew up in Kenya and lived in Dubai, but Delahey resident and community volunteer Tahira Sheikh says Brimbank is home.
Where’s your favourite...
SPRING RACING: The Bloodline
Seven years ago, Francesca Cumani was completing her finals in French and Spanish at Bristol University and wondering where her degree would take her.
Thanks...
PROFILE: Lester Ellis still a champ
It’s both a gym and a wander through the glory years of a man’s life.
Inside the tiny room within the grand Taylors Hill home,...
SPRING RACING: Year of the Grey
Regardless of whether this spring’s hype horse, Puissance De Lune, makes it to the $3 million Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on October 26...
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The glory and heartbreak
As the footy season starts to wrap up, there's plenty of elation and heartbreaking stories. Star Weekly photographer Ljubica Vrankovic was there capturing the...
