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06/03/2022

Star Weekly looks back through the pages of its predecessors

30 years ago

February 25, 1992

Federal member for Burke, Neil O’Keefe, is confident that Prime Minister Paul Keating’s economic statement on Wednesday will provide a boost for hard-pressed automotive parts suppliers Flexdrive in Gisborne and VDO in Kyneton.

25 years ago

March 4, 1997

Plans for a kiosk and interpretive centre at the Mount Macedon Memorial Cross have been opposed by the Macedon Range Conservation Society.

20 years ago

March 5, 2002

Hopes to save Ansett and the jobs of hundreds of workers from the Sunbury region were dashed last Wednesday after a rescue bid by the Tesna consortium collapsed.

10 years ago

March 6, 2012

It stirs the blood, sets hearts racing, ignites passions and, for a few hours every weekend, turns friends into foes. Football brings followers both pleasure and pain and for some, it’s more than just a sport. It’s an obsession, as Cameron Tait found out.

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