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16/02/2026

Star Weekly looks back at the pages of our predecessors…

40 years ago

26 February, 1986

Angry Deer Park residents have slammed the federal government’s $6 million Kororoit Creek beautification job scheme, describing it as a “most gross waste of money”.

30 years ago

28 February, 1996

A new federal government feasibility study on rail could open the gates of change in the City of Brimbank.

20 years ago

28 February, 2006

Construction workers have voted to ban renovations at the Sunshine pool as their unions got behind residents in the fight to save the facility.

10 years ago

23 February, 2016

VicRoads could acquire “parts of” up to 26 properties for a proposed 16-kilometre six-lane road connecting the Calder and Western freeways.

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