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09/10/2022

Star Weekly looks back at the pages of our predecessors.

35 years ago

October 14, 1987

Maribyrnong Medical Centre staff are protesting against the relocation of the Community Mental Health Service to a small portable at the front of the new Furlong Road campus.

25 years ago

October 15, 1997

American-style law enforcement will be trialled in the Maidstone and Sunshine police district next month as part of a crackdown on crime in the area.

20 years ago

October 15, 2002

West Sunshine resident Eva Crameri is angry with Brimbank council for not clearing a fire brigade access track, which hampered the fire brigade’s attempt to reach her burning backyard.

10 years ago

October 16, 2012

Frustrated Brimbank residents have put forward an urgent proposal to reduce noise and visual pollution along the Sunshine to Deer Park corridor of the Regional Rail Link.

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