From the archives

40 years ago.

40 years ago

August 3, 1983

Sunshine is unlikely to become the scallop centre of Melbourne – the seafood industry is offensive and not welcome, according to Sunshine council.

30 years ago

August 4, 1993

The Keilor and Sunshine councils would be forced to cut services to ratepayers and probably retrench staff if the Federal Government pushed ahead with a plan to make councils pay sales tax.

20 years ago

August 5, 2003

A powerful multimedia presentation wound up the campaign by the Sunshine Community Pool Action Group to urge Brimbank council to commit more money towards replacing the Sunshine pool.

10 years ago

August 6, 2013

Almost a quarter of the 1.3 million needles provided to drug addicts in Melbourne’s western suburbs last year were used in Brimbank, a report by the HealthWest partnership reveals.