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28/02/2026

Star Weekly looks back on the articles of our predecessors…

40 years ago

5 March, 1986

The payment of $18,500 severance pay to a council officer who allegedly assaulted a senior officer has caused an uproar in the Sunshine council.

30 years ago

6 March, 1996

More than 800 mourners packed the Resurrection Catholic Church in St Albans West on Friday for the funeral of Keith Lane, shot dead at La Porchetta pizza restaurant in Niddrie on Tuesday.

20 years ago

7 March, 2006

Tensions reached boiling point at a Brimbank council meeting last Tuesday as residents and mayor Natalie Suleyman went head to head over the future of the Sunshine pool.

10 years ago

1 March, 2016

Sunshine’s residential property market is poised to crash through the million-dollar barrier this year after a price record was set at a recent auction.

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