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16/10/2022

Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessors.

30 years ago

October 20, 1992

Romsey farmer Jim Robinson has urged councils to offer rate relief to farmers who fence off degraded land for revegetation.

25 years ago

October 21, 1997

The Macedon Ranges shire council will consider paying its road maintenance contractor an extra $125,000 in addition to the $5.2 million contract agreement to prevent the condition of the shire’s roads of deteriorating further.

20 years ago

October 22, 2002

The Victoria Police major collision investigation unit (MCIU) is interviewing a woman about the hit-and-run death of a 24-year-old Diggers Rest man.

10 years ago

October 23, 2012

Hot Northerly: Jockey turned trainer Patrick Payne shares with Robert Fedele memories of the day 10 years ago when he won Australia’s greatest weight-for-age race.

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